Topband: Sprites

[Mike Waters]

I agree. Some high-speed images of that airglow fanning out and apparently
actually coupling to the top of the ionosphere were quite intriguing.

That part near the end about that guy monitoring the earth's 8 Hz Schumann
resonance was also fascinating. Maybe some Topbander with more time than I
have will eventually discover that when a sprite --or some kind of event--
is detected on that scope, propagation is affected on 160! :-)

I'd like to know what those 3 different traces were on that scope, and more
about the short 8 Hz antenna system he was using. And did you notice that
that RX antenna had very large ceramic insulators all the way to the top? I
found that puzzling.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com


On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> In one part of the NOVA program, dialog was  "the airglow confirms that
> sprites interact with the ionosphere"
> There were other references as to sprites into ionosphere
>
> Most of our DX propagation is via the ionosphere. A sprite propagation
> change maybe possible, but is not proven.
> Progress is learning beyond what we already know. (open mind theory)
>
> Here in Maine, 160 meter condition had been very good, then all
> propagation was lost within minutes. It sounded like noon-time again.
> I could, how ever, still  hear one ground wave fish net locator.( : > ) )
>
> After a short commercial, it is very interesting. They are doing such
> research.
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/edge-of-space.html
>