Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mb09.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mb09.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.29]) by air-mf06.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMF061-8bed4cc6a9c8340; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:13:28 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mb09.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 50D2938000084; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:13:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1PAgVV-0004Iv-21 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:11:53 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1PAgVU-0004Im-IJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:11:52 +0100 Received: from qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.48]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PAgVS-0002Z9-G4 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:11:52 +0100 Received: from omta19.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.98]) by qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id PN8E1f00527AodY55NBjGL; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:11:43 +0000 Received: from JAYDELL ([76.23.233.102]) by omta19.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id PNBi1f00A2DDHkk3fNBj0b; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:11:43 +0000 Message-ID: <000401cb74f6$302614d0$8d01a8c0@JAYDELL> From: To: References: <4CC69F88.6040905@xtra.co.nz> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:11:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Spam-Score: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,NO_REAL_NAME=0.55 Subject: LF: Re: Alpha stations Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response 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=0.3 required=5.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME 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-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d601d4cc6a9c469fe X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : temperror Con Haven't heard them for a few days now. One can usually see them on the wideband VLF spectrograms at a number of locations around the world - especially those that are closer in. Currently, they are conspicuous by their absence. http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/spectra.html Jay W1VD WD2XNS WE2XGR/2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "ZL2AFP" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:29 AM Subject: LF: Alpha stations > Hello folks, > > I am new to the group and have been following with great interest the VLF experiments. > Congratulations to Stefan on such great DX (1000+km). This is really good stuff. > > I have noticed in recent days that the Alpha stations at 11.9 and 14.8kHz seem to have stopped > transmitting. I can normally hear seven stations but they have all disappeared. So I am wondering > if propagation has taken a dive, or perhaps the stations have gone QRT? > > Has anyone over there heard the Alpha stations recently? > > 73 > Con ZL2AFP >