Today, Feb 9, Signals from A35 and ZK3 were as much as 25 over S-9 from1400Z to 1407Z but dropped off within 3 minutes and were gone by 1410Z. This is right at the end of my Astronomical twilight. Po
FK8CP was coming in very well on CW this morning and made several excursions to SSB. After listening for about an hour I caught an opening that lasted less than 5 minutes when his signal peaked well
This site may be of use for topbanders I had forgotten about it until I found it through a link on another reflector. http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Severe/Lightning.aspx 73 From Number 7 Desert Fo
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http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/tiger/Today.html I have been looking at the current data in the electron event satellite passes and there appears to be a correlation to opening on 160 when the 100 kev elect
My son did a Science Fair project using a "Dr. Gauss" EMF detector ( http://www.johnleemd.com/store/more_gauss.html ) and we discovered that we could detect my buried coax from the 60 Hz EMF that the
While I was stationed in Guam I had an opportunity to take a sailing trip to Truk Island. As an experiment I monitored the background noise on various frequencies as we travelled away from Guam where
This morning VP6DX was 20 over nine on 1822 with very few callers. I decided to call him QRP at 5 watts and he came back and said I was a true 599 plus. So I reduced power to 1 watt and he said I was
This morning the driftnet beacons at 1814.2 and 1830.3 were especially strong although the QSB on the 1830.3 one was really deep. There seemed to be unusually severe dopplering on it also. I suspec
The recent, unusual propagation conditions on 160 seem to have a direct correlation to the unusually weak wind from the sun http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/23sep_solarwind.htm During the
Anyone wanting to load into a tower with some kind of HF antenna on top might want to consider creating a loaded, folded cage monopole like the Collins 237W-1X. (For a picture of one see k0hgw's list
VK9GMW was 15 over 9 about 30 min before sunrise on 160 and blasting in at 25 over on 80 a few minutes later Very quiet band and no QSB He came right back to my 2W QRP call and said I was genuine S9
We recently acquired three 1 KW broadcast transmitters for very reasonable prices. One was for $1 and we haul it off. We found several others for free but they were too far away to make it worthwhi
Since I had insomnia anyway I decided to listen for the K7RAT beacons between 0800 and 1100Z My line noise was its usual S 8 to 9 with static bursts every second or two from 5 to 10 over S-9 but I
I listened to the beacons through my sunrise this morning beginning at 30 minutes before astronomical sunrise until 30 minutes after Throughout the period the 1999 beacon was significantly stronger w
1830 KHz is the default frequency for driftnet fishing beacons that is programmed into the units when they are manufactured The reason their signals are so erratic is that the antenna is a 8 to 12 fo
According to their online log they have made 1 QSO on 160 in each of zones 3,4,5,6,7 I wonder who they were BTW from thie pictures of the operators it doesn't look like the French Foreign Legio
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29sep_cosmicrays.htm This may explain greyline conditions and short term opening like we had a few days ago when european signals wer 20 over 9 on 160 here
Recently our local electric cooperative called on K0HGW and myself to help them find a major powerline noise source that had been plaguing them for nearly a year, resulting in numerous complaints fro
K0HGW and I recently acquired an interest in a 19,000 acre ranch outside Carrizozo NM We have unrestricted use of 140 acres of the ranch for permanent antennas and related uses and surface access to