In 1969, there was a project called BOMEX, which attempted to study very intensively a segment of the earth's atmosphere in the region of Barbados. One of the things they found was a very fine dust, whose arrival followed -- by the appropriate length of time -- satellite images that showed dust storms blowing off the Sahara and over the Atlantic Ocean.
-- Art Delibert, KB3FJO > To: topband@contesting.com > From: k...@frontiernet.net > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 19:09:11 +0000 > Subject: Topband: Fwd: Re: Future propagation ? > > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Re: Topband: Future propagation ? > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 19:08:35 +0000 > From: Dave Heil <k...@frontiernet.net> > To: k...@myfairpoint.net > > See: http://www.britannica.com/science/harmattan > > This dust from the Sahara is a yearly event and I have no doubt that > some of it ends up off the East Coast. > > Even with windows closed and masking tape on the seams, I'd wake up in > the middle of the night, coughing and choking, in Guinea-Bissau when the > Harmattan arrived. > > 73, > > Dave Heil K8MN > > On 04-Dec-15 16:29, K1FZ-Bruce wrote: > > Watching NOVA on PBS last night. Diving into Blue water "sink holes". > > Found evidence indicated that iron rich sand from the very dry Sarah Desert > > had blown across the Atlantic to the Bahama Island region. > > (possibly related to previous global warming period ?) > > > > Wondering, if this takes place again, will this semi conductive material > > give us a leg up on propagation to Africa, and beyond ? (;>)) > > > > 73 > > Bruce-K1FZ > > www.qsl.net/k1fz/beverage_antenna.html > > > > > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2015.0.6176 / Virus Database: 4477/11112 - Release Date: 12/04/15 > > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband