Gotta learn to be a little less wordy HI HI!! In summary the conditions seemed more in line with what I'd have expected for mid-day instead of several hours after sunset. Guess that's part of what makes ham radio exciting ;-)
73, Al On Wed November 4 2015 11:16:16 am [email protected] wrote: > A good place to check space weather is : www.spaceweather.com > 73 & GL, > Kevin. KD5ONS > > On 11/4/2015 7:03 AM, Al Gulseth wrote: > > Greetings Elecrafters, > > > > I have an older Sangean portable next to the bed that I sometimes listen > > to while I'm settling in for the evening. Frequently I'll tune in W1AW > > for a quick rough propagation indicator. Last evening 40M, which usually > > has a strong signal in the 9-10 PM Central timeframe, was much weaker > > than usual. 80 was also down, so I went to 20 expecting a weak signal at > > best as the band is usually shutting down by that long after sunset. I > > was surprised to hear a stronger signal there than on 40, and I could > > also hear W1AW on 17 and 15, which are usually dead by then this time of > > year. Is this possibly due to the current geomagnetic storm? (I'm still > > learning when it comes to > > solar/geomagnetic events and propagation.) > > > > TNX/73, Al > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
