November 25th 04, 07:58 AM
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John Plimmer wrote:
Thanks for that SteveMy Encarta World Atlas shows very accurately the path for
any two points.The nearest the path from Holland to DG passes just South of
the Arctic circle at Iceland and the nearest it gets is 65.30 North.The Arctic
Circle starts at 66.30 North. But your excellent sec.noaa map clearly shows
the path well in the heart of the auroral belt, so you will get polar flutter
as you wrote.Thanks for informing me about that
You are quite welcome John.
dxAce
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"dxAce" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:
John Plimmer wrote:
dxAce posts in UTC time like all world DXer's
He reported 1630 UTC as the time.
I don't know why dxAce would get "polar flutter" on Diego Garcia
as the path
from Michigan to DG lies South of the Arctic Circle and the
auroral belt??
That is indeed true John, but a the short path to DG from here
indeed passes
near the polar region.
And I mispoke as the short path indeed passes through the Arctic
circle.
h
tp://gc.kls2.com/cgi-bin/gc?PATH=HLM-fjdg%0D%0A&RANGE=&PATH-COLOR=&PATH-UNITS=mi&SPEED-GROUND=&SPEED-UNITS=kts&RANGE-STYLE=best&RANGE-COLOR=&MAP-STYLE=azeqi
And here is a look at the auroral area:
http://sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html
dxAce
Michigan
USA
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