Return-Path: Received: from rly-yc04.mail.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.205.147]) by air-yc04.mail.aol.com (v120.9) with ESMTP id MAILINYC44-1cd47264fc3397; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:27:57 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-yc04.mail.aol.com (v120.9) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYC41-1cd47264fc3397; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:25:24 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Imc6A-0004vm-HB for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:24:38 +0000 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Imc69-0004vd-Rp for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:24:37 +0000 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Imc66-0004fy-W6 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:24:37 +0000 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8BADA4D6 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:24:28 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:24:27 +0000 From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV To: Message-ID: <20071029212427.74c1f84b@lurcher.twatt.local> Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.12.0; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.3 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=0.041,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: LF: Visual Aurora and good condx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : Hello LF I've just been outside in the garden watching a splendid visual display in the northern sky. The benefits of a remote northern location and no light pollution! I then came into a warm shack and called CQ. Proceeded to work 3 new stations:- G3YHV Colin, Bristol G3LDO Peter, nr Worthing and happily at last a 2-way QSO with G3UNT Also a good QSO with Ray GI3PDN, probably above normal signals between us, although Ray's beacon has been good recently. My antenna blew down in a gale on Thursday night and was only re-erected on Sunday! Just in time for some nice new catches on 500. I guess Alan Melia may have some thoughts on the conditions wrt visual Aurora. The QRN level is also quite high tonight, but there have been some intense hail showers today and I guess there might still be some ongoing somewhere within radio range. Nice night. Now to relax in front of the fire. -- John GM4SLV IP90gg Clousta, Shetland