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So - on the topic of HF radio...
....last night reception here in California was odd. A rising K-index
apparently resulted in lots of noise and very squirrely propagation, like the ionosphere was randomly red hot and ice cold. For the most part, the lower bands were totally NG - 60/75/90 all were nearly dead through 0700z. 41 and 49 were not much better, with only the strongest big boys punching through, and even then not very strongly. Despite the SFI up to 105, Most stations were a couple S-units below their usual levels, with a few minor exceptions on 25m and 31m. The exception was R. Educacion in Mexico City, 6185 khz. Usually a difficult station here, with low modulation and battered by the big relays on either side of it, last night it outshone them all, with a 20 over S-9 signal, crystal clear fidelity and magnificent steadiness. I have a hard time believing it was propagation alone that did this - but unless they suddenly found a 100-kW transmitter lying around, I'm not sure how they managed this signal. Things are getting interesting :-) |
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