Considering I was using rather compromised antennas (two supports broken in a
squall yesterday afternoon, and not repaired--it was dark, and the weather was
filthy), this morning wasn't bad. Things started to hum after 1530UT, and
continued until well after 1600UT. Unfortunately, the
As Gary and Richard noted...things died down fairly quickly this
morning. Although the 1320UT collapse was noticeable, bits of
Asian audio poked up a few times more before really dying out around
1345UT.Couple of Aussies turned up as well. (the signal strength
monitor said that
Those nasty K-indices definitely had their way with the ionosphere
this morning. Grand total of three 9kHz audios, and one quite a
northerly path, at least in great circle terms. If 1566 was HLAZ
then that made two northerly paths.
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a
Certainly, a livelier morning than of late, particularly earlier on,
when a number of old friends turned up. But it was odd in that the
stations that delivered audio from time to time were also the only
ones that really had worthwhile carriers; much of the rest of the
band was pretty dead.
