Cecil Moore wrote:

I've never said I have ever heard a single particle
discharge. It was someone else who said that. I agree
with the 2000 ARRL Handbook when they said it was
"almost continuous". I have certainly heard that
"hash-type noise" get worse with wind speed. I wish
I had made S-meter measurements.

Were having a 'Santa Ana' wind today in
So Cal. High ion concentration. S9+
noise levels on the HF bands. Happens
almost every time we have a 'Santa Ana'
condition.

73, ac6xg