Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
> > From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com <javascript:;>> on behalf of > > Bill Whitacre <b...@his.com <javascript:;>> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:48 PM > > To: Mailing list for the International Radio C

Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Russ Edmunds
gt; > > > Chuck > > > > From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com <javascript:;>> on behalf of > > Bill Whitacre <b...@his.com <javascript:;>> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:48 PM > > To: Mailing

Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
t; Bill Whitacre <b...@his.com <javascript:;>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:48 PM > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Auroral question > > Yes, that's the first rule - NEVER let some geomag prediction keep you > from the

Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Chuck Hutton
behalf of Bill Whitacre <b...@his.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 2:48 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Auroral question Yes, that's the first rule - NEVER let some geomag prediction keep you from the dials! Nobody here will bet y

Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Bill Whitacre
Yes, that’s the first rule — NEVER let some geomag prediction keep you from the dials! Nobody here will bet you a new car [or even an old one] that X will happen if the geomag conditions are Y. About the same time all sorts of particles were apparently hitting the ionosphere and driving up

Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Russ Edmunds
Your guess is probably a reasonable one - given that there's a lot of variables. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4); modified Sony

Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Yes, Mark. Expect stations to your south to be enhanced greatly, and anything to the north, attenuated, or non-existent. That is, unless you are in the auroral zone. Then expect a lot of dead air! Cheers, Walt Salmaniw On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 12:47 PM, Mark Pettifor

[IRCA] Auroral question

2016-10-25 Thread Mark Pettifor
Are there any "hard and fast" rules about what areas for DX reception will be enhanced when auroral conditions exist? (Excluding the gray line effect) My experience so far has been that it seems to favor the deep south and Central / South America from my location (N. Indiana). It's probably