TopBand: Upcoming articles on 160 m propagation phenomena in March/April 1998 CQ

Bill Tippett btippett@CTC.Net
Sun, 18 Jan 1998 07:03:05 -0500 (EST)


I received the following from Ted N4XX:

Bill, the following may be of interest:

CQ to Publish Major Article on 160 Meter Propagation Phenomena

Cary Oler, Solar Terrestrial Dispatch (STD), and I have teamed up to
write a major article on 160 meter propagation phenomena.  The article,
which will be published in two parts by CQ magazine, will address the
following topics:

March 1998 CQ

        D-Region Absorption
        The Electron Gyrofrequency
        The Auroral Oval
        Correlation of Signal Strength with Sunspot Numbers

April 1998 CQ:

        Ionospheric Ducts
        Tips on Improving your Topband DX Operations
        Available Software Tools
        The Coordinated Amateur Radio Observation System (CAROS, on the
World Wide Web)
        Other Available Internet Services

Finally, readers may want to check out:

        http://solar.uleth.ca/solar/

for information on the STD and on the data and information it provides.

73,

Ted
N4XX


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