OK, here are my results from this morning. All in all, a very impressive morning, especially since I've only been using a very modest Pennant antenna aimed 305 degrees, and mounted at ground level to 16' elevation and approximately 34' from the vertical to the feed point along the horizontal. My resistance opposite the 16:1 impedance matcher is a 1000 ohm resistor, which I happened to have available, and not the 940 or so ohm resistor in the literature. Don't think that should matter a lot. This morning's results stem from monitoring between 13:18 and 13:40, again a little later than ideal. SF was 112, A 8, and K of 2. WWVH reported strong black outs during the preceding 24 hours, and expect minor blackouts for the next 24. My observations, however, were that conditions were "very usual" for the propagation paths to Asia. In my experience, what I observe precedes the solar indices by one or two days. I therefore expect the A/K indices to fall to low(er) levels in the next little bit. Here are my findings, starting at 153 kHz and going up. The top half was mostly absent, perhaps since it just might have been a bit late, although it may also have been just the conditions. "6" (threshold audio) unless otherwise specified:
153: 8 level with Radio Rossii 279: 7 level (local buzzing) 567: 7.5 level DU 576 594: 9 level NHK1 and a cochannel 603 612: 8 level Brisbane 657, 666, 675, 693, 702 747: NHK2 at 8 level at 13:27 765: 7 level with music, and maybe // to 657? 774: 7.5 level NHK2 792: 6.5 level music 801, 819 828: 7.5 level NHK2 837 846: 7 level talk 864, 873 882: relatively strong except for splatter from 880 spoiling. 891: 6 level, and similarly fairly strong except for 900 splatter 918, 927, 963, 1053, 1251 1287: 7 level JJ at 13:38 1566: 7 level HLAZ at 13:39 1593: 7 level CNR 1 That's it for today. Here's hoping that conditions stay decent! ........73s,....Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
