On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 10:35:51 -0600 (CST),
(Richard Harrison) wrote:

If the signal must take a great circle route over
the North Polar region, problems increase.

Hi Richard,

This is a S+N/N problem, not propagation. It is not like the magnetic
pole is sucking signals into the ground. What the pole IS attracting
is the ionic flow from the sun's emissions which create a plasma of
noise.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC