Bill,
KJR being on Harbor Island for years running 5 KW U2 ran their power
basically N/S. But when they moved to Vashon and co-located with KGNW
820, they boosted to their 50 gallons and shot their fiqure eight NE/SW,
not as much signal directed to Vancouver, but they sure send a big chunk
of it t
Nick,
I heard and QSL'd my first TPs, TA's, and DUs in 1966 while living in
Seward AK. But the dial was alive with them in the late 60s and 70s here
on the coast. Not as many, as they were not on splits as yet, but if the
channel was clear, I would hear them often. 780 4YA was common, 1ZD then
on
Until a couple of years ago KJR was a pop/rock station running on 5 kw from
towers on Vachon Island across the harborfront from downtown and threw the
strongest signal of all the greater Seattle stations into Victoria. When they
went to sports they applied for a move of their towers to a locati
http://www.dxlc.com/solar/history/ has graphs of daily solar flux, sunspot
numbers and A indices going back to 1954.Given that I didn't start DXing
until ten years later, and didn't hear DU's for another 10 years after that,
I'm not sure what I can derive from the early years.
I seem to rec
Gary,
Yes, indeed. But living out here most of my adult life, I have found the
signal strength is just not there for the DUs generally. You couild
easily hear DUs up and down the dial in the early 80s/late 70s. Many on
portables. You did not really need good selectivity, as the signal would
over
Walt,
We have had other periods that DUreception was not much. It may just the
period we are going through. As far as junk in the atmosphere. Volcanos
have sent stuff into the sky for years and I have no idea if that
affects it. Who knows? But hopefully things will impove in the future.
73,
Patr
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2008 Jul 12 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 July follow.
Solar flux 66 and mid-latitude A-index 8.
The mid-latitude K
At 09:42 AM 7/11/2008, you wrote:
>Dennis
>
>Thanks again for the solar info of the early 80s. One tip listed, I have
>not heard in sometime even here on the coast, 2GF 1206 Grafton. Back in
>the early 80s they were a regular visitor night after night. They would
>mix with 4XO. I haven't heard eith
Thanks Bruce,
I'm going to print out your reply (below) & tape it to my sun visor in
the car :-)
Don
Bruce Portzer wrote:
Don
Just make sure you reach your destination before rush hour starts in
Tacoma and Seattle. If you pass through Portland at noon, things
should work out fine (a
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2008 Jul 11 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 July follow.
Solar flux 65 and mid-latitude A-index 3.
The mid-latitude K
Hello Patrick,
Thanks for your observations. I was also an AM-DXer chasing TP's and
DU's with portables around 1979-80, but found little time to DX, as a Navy
sonar technician. As I recall, Aussies and Kiwis were quite easy to receive
on
my ICF-S5W around sunrise, once my ship got a
Dennis
Thanks again for the solar info of the early 80s. One tip listed, I have
not heard in sometime even here on the coast, 2GF 1206 Grafton. Back in
the early 80s they were a regular visitor night after night. They would
mix with 4XO. I haven't heard either in a long time.
But those constant h
Don
Just make sure you reach your destination before rush hour starts in
Tacoma and Seattle. If you pass through Portland at noon, things should
work out fine (assuming you eat your lunch fast enough). Much later
than that and you'll get to experience some of America's worst rush hour
traff
Scott,
Sorry to hear you wont be at Flagstaff, but I understand with the new
baby and all. But I glad to hear the calendars will be available soon.
Patrick
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Soon after sending off the TP e-mail, 1566 rose up to
threshold audio. Woman in Asian language briefly.
Dennis,
Salmon Creek, WA
JRC 545+R8B
ewe NW
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Should have slept in, I'm afraid. Listened between 12:05 and 12:20 and found
only one very strong carrier.RFO Tahiti on 738, with French
programmingbetter than other mornings, but still weak modulation. The only
other interesting thing of note was 846also with a strong carrier, but
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Good Morning:
Listened from 1205- 1230 ut. No audio, conditions poor here this morning.
5) 702-738-891
4) 648-774
3) 639-1008-1035-1098-1107-1125-1512-1566-1575-1593
2) 684-1062-1458
Dennis,
Salmon Creek, WA
JRC 545 ewe NW
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Patrick Martin wrote:
Scott,
Mentioning you tower calendar's, are you going to be at Flagstaff? I
want another of your calendars. They are wonderful.
Alas, I won't be at Flagstaff this year (new baby in May and all that),
but I can certainly arrange to send some calendars along if I know how
Gary,
Thanks for the observations on DU vs. TP DX. Yes, the DU DX just is not
what it once was on a regular basis. It sounds like the last couple of
mornings were pretty good though. In 1979/80, I could easily hear
several DUs on a barefoot Super Radio, about the time I got my first one
for $49.95
Hello Guys,
The discussion of recent DU propagation is very interesting, but after
six trips to Grayland recently for the express purpose of chasing DU's with
Ultralights (both hot-rodded and stock), it's certainly clear that typical
signal levels are much weaker than the rare condit
Thanks Dennis. It looks like the A&K were quite high a lot of the time.
Maybe that had something to do with the South Pacific CX.
73,
Patrick
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Good Morning:
Here's some solar indices from 1980 & 1981 taken from my log book.
Indices were copied from WWV. Some stations heard.
Receiver was HQ 180 and antenna 4' box NRC loop.
Location Albany, CA about 12 miles East of the Golden Gate Bridge.
09-28-80 SF 185 A 8K 3 Republ
Many thanks to Kevin, Scott, Mark, Pat and anyone I may have
missed...Looks like I'll be taking I-205We should hit there
around noon on 8/4 but probably around commute hour on 8/11. I'll be
careful.
Don
Patrick Martin wrote:
Don,
Take 205. I-5 across the Interstate bridge can be
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