Volker et all,
Are you familiar with the Propnet 10 & 6 meter propagation beacon network
created by W2EV here in the U.S.? The website is at
http://w2ev.rochesterny.org/PropNET/ and the Yahoo eGroup is at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PropNET-Online/ .
We transmit around the clock mainly on 10 and 6 meters using PSK31 and
specially designed DSP software written by N7YG found at
http://home.earthlink.net/~propnetpsk/propnetpsk/index.html . At 2359 UTC
the software automatically emails the propagation path connection "catch
results" to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CATCHes/ .
Past hour and 24 hour path connections can be monitored live via LiveX and
APRS/findu.com. Those websites are at
http://propnet.findu.com/catch.cgi?last=1&band=hy and
http://propnet.findu.com/catch.cgi?hours=24 . They show text data and path
connections made via a map. Callsigns in black are path connections and if
the two stations are spaced far enough apart you will see a black line.
At this time of season and place in the sunspot cycle most of the
propagation path connections are via Sporadic-E. I've been able to take this
data and verify personal Sporadic-E (Es) forecasts that correlate with
severe thunderstorm cell group occurrences. So at least one form of mid
latitude Sporadic-E is forecastable.
73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Retired Space & Atmospheric Weather Forecaster
Plant City, FL, USA
Grid Square EL87WX
Lat & Long 27 58 33.6397 N 82 09 52.4052 W
kn4lf@arrl.net
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http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf6.htm
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