[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Phone 2000 solar dispatch

[Bob Chandler, VE3SRE]

The low bands fell out on Saturday night at VB2R in Zone 2 but man
did we have a nice light show....as we were in a Quebec provincial wilderness
area....80 KM from the nearest town.

73 de Bob VE3SRE
Team Zone 2 - VB2R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: KL7RA Fairbanks, Alaska <kl7ra at ptialaska.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 9:14 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Phone 2000 solar dispatch


> 
> 
> SEATTLE, WA, Nov 3, 2000--Solar activity was up for the past week.
> > During the CQ Worldwide DX Phone Contest, geomagnetic activity rose
> > through the weekend, reaching storm levels on Sunday. Both the
> > mid-latitude and planetary K indices reached five, and the A indices
> > were 24 and 26 respectively. The Alaskan College K index, which is
> > higher during high geomagnetic activity due to its high latitude, was
> > six over two periods and the A index was 41 for Sunday, indicating a
> > severe geomagnetic storm. No doubt contest operators in Fairbanks
> > experienced dead HF conditions.
> 
> Not a problem here in Fairbanks, we did the first multi-multi CQWW
> 24 hour contest. Someday they all will be 24 hours, and we were first.
> HA.
> 
> 73 Rich KL7RA
> 
> 
> 
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