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dxAce wrote:

Telamon wrote:

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Telamon wrote:

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

Telamon wrote:

I was listening to Radio Netherlands when they dropped out on
17,735
and
15,315 with the usual very strong signal and they just dropped
into
the
noise. Transmitter trouble? Nope, big solar flare.

Yeah, it was pretty bad around 1630. Things came up again but now
have
dropped
off a bit.

They are starting to come back on 15,315 MHz but I still don't here
them
on 17,735 MHz. I thought it would be the other way around. They are
missing on 17,660 MHz also.

15315 is S9 at 1959.
17735 is S9+ at 1955.
17660 is S9+20 here at 1956.

Because of the suns position relative to your location you are currently
experiencing
more absobtion than I am. See:

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/dregion.html

Oh yeah! Isn't that page an excellent real time resource! You can watch
solar flare effects on D-region absorption events and how they affect
your reception in real time!

Yeah, it's pretty cool. I've been checking it from time to time this
afternoon.

You might want to check out the 13 meter band (21 MHz) right now. More
alive than usual following this flare.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California