Greetings,

Instead of depending only on WWV, there are places on the net to get the
info. There are also software apps that make interpretation much easier.

Try GeoAlert Wizard --
www.taborsoft.com/gawiz

Regards,
Jim
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Solar cycle 23 Highs for Cycle 23
Flux: 283 - 26 Sep 2001
Sunspots: 401 - 20 Jul 2000

Pretty good numbers
Hams worked the world under these conditions


For solar history see URL:
http://www.dxlc.com/solar/history/

Yep there was some whoppers back in the 50's, but this last one was very
good.

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"Leonard" wrote in message
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Ref: Bad SWL conditions..

SpamBlock..

Things have been bad on the shortwave and amateur frequencies
for a long time. Nothing is coming in as they did years ago
in the 13 year upcycles that are generally present. Even in
the periods that things should be good, the signal to noise
ratio is terrible.

Back in the early 50's I remember when there was a great amount
of activity going on on 20meters and those higher shortwave
bands...It seemed like the shortwave stations were on 40meters
in the middle of the day, interfering with Ham radio chatter.

That day has been gone for a long time. It seems that the
projected upcycles are not that "up". Seems to be some other
Cycle involved here. Your receiver and antenna are probably
O.K...its just the overall conditions.

Leonard..
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:28:14 +0000, SpamBlock wrote:

Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

Jack wrote:

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 02:24:47 -0400, starman wrote:

The Axelrods wrote:

The bands have been terrible here all week...part of the game

Shawn

I just got an email alert from the IPS (Australia) saying we can expect
auroral activity extending to mid-latitudes. If you live in the northern
US, you may see an aurora tonight, providing the sky is clear.


Sigh.. I'm not going to count on it. I'm in the 'burbs of Boston.
The light pollution here would obscure WW3!!!

Dang, we were lucky enough here not to rvrn have lost power during the
recent NE blackout. It would have been nice to see the Milky Way from
my home, if even for one night. g

They were stargazing in 'Times Square' during the recent blackout. For
some, it was the first time they ever saw the 'real' night sky.


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Leonard wrote:

That day has been gone for a long time. It seems that the
projected upcycles are not that "up".

The last two solar cycles (21, 22) were very active at their peak,
almost as high as the peak in 1958, which still holds the record. The
current cycle (23) did not get so high.


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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:28:14 GMT, SpamBlock
wrote:

Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.


ditto the conditions in Vermont

Things are better now..for example

0245UTC RADIO ODIN (Radio Orbita-3), Moscow; 7270 khz via Saransk

quite intelligable


mike