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From: "Walter Blanchard" <blanch@pncl.co.uk>
Subject: Re: LF: aurora propagation
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>         GW4ALG wrote:
> > When I arrived home from work at 18:30 UT, I listened briefly to 136 
> kHz before
> > our evening meal.  I heard a very strange noise across the whole of the 
> 136 kHz
> > band.  It sounded rather like a mixture of 
> cross-modulation/inter-modulation
> > plus Luxembourg Effect.  But dinner was waiting, so I could not 
> consider the
> > matter further.
> >
>

         G3XDV wrote:


>Yes, this has been clearly audible at various times this week, mainly
>between 137.5 and DCF39. It was apparent last winter, too. I recall
>discussion about whether or not this was really Luxemburg effect. It
>certainly coincides with evidence of skywave on the various
>commercial stations.
>
>I listened early in the evening but missed the later DX!

The same effect was also present at these times on the 300 kHz beacon band.

Walter G3JKV.