My guess is the multiple sustained low-absorption Solar Kp Index is
the main contributor to the EU openings we;'re seeing.
Since October 5 @ 06Z Kp reading of 5. The next high reading was on OCT 6
@ 21Z Kp reading 3.3, and another peak
on OCT 9 @ 18Z Kp reading 3.3.
Since then the Kp has been 2.2
Ron,
Indeed the band has been alive with EU for the last 3 evenings. The QRN was
elevated last night, but many signals on the QSB peaks were good copy.
Here in VE6 last night I logged OK1CF, DF2PY, SM5EDX, OK1DOT, LY7M, OZ4MM,
OK4WW, OH0Z, ON4GPE and PE5T.
The night before 11 EU were logged, mos
I came up to the shack around 0530 and starting around 0540 worked several EU
stations. DF2PY, G3OLB, ON7PQ, G3ROO, G3OQT, G3PQA, OT4A, OZ4MM. Earlier,
around 0102 worked OK1CF and heard, but didn't work, OK2BUZ. Lots of QRN and
QSB but several stations peaked up to 20dB above noise floor.
St
