Re: [IRCA] 3.7 Inch "Baby FSL" Receives S9+ TP-DX

2015-12-20 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Nicely done Gary. It's good to see that someone is putting the lousy conditions to good use. Can we anticipate a competition between you and the manufacturers where the next ultralight has the same size ratio to the 3.7" FSL as the present Skywave does to the 17"FSL? I notice from the Ultr

Re: [IRCA] 3.7 Inch "Baby FSL" Receives S9+ TP-DX

2015-12-20 Thread d1028gary
Thanks for your generous comments on the "Baby FSL" experimentation, Nick.   <<<   It's good to see that someone is putting the lousy conditions to good use.   >>>   The conditions certainly have been lousy, but somehow 1566-HLAZ showed up with the best signal it's managed here all season aro

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-12-20 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Dec 20 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 December follow. Solar flux 117 and estimated planetary A-index 59. The e

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-12-20 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Dec 21 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 December follow. Solar flux 117 and estimated planetary A-index 66. The e

Re: [IRCA] WMVX 1570

2015-12-20 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Looking at the relocated-to-Andover WMVX engineering report Figure 1, it appears that I am just east (= inside) of the 0.5 mV/m line where it crosses the mid-Cape (bisecting Sandy Neck). So that puts me around 0.6 mV/m give or take a bit. This shows an approximate 20 dB

[IRCA] TP 20 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-20 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Let's see, the lowest K index from 0600UT was, um, 5, with 6 being more common. No need to check the files then.except, Martin Hall in Scotland was reporting Barrow on 680 at near noon his local time (1200UT). He's fairly far north, and using Beverage antennas, but still... No, no Far