Hi John, Andy, Roelof,
Yes, it was just a lurid headline ;-) I know that it is possible also
in summer.
However it is even more rare than in winter and the -15 reports were
remarkable even more. I've not been on MF for weeks and gave it a
spontaneous try, didn't expect much and was surprised even more then.
It simply shows that it's worth to stay on air all the time on that
band, no matter what the QRN or time of year tells :-)
Good DX all,
73, Stefan
Am 28.05.2016 16:58, schrieb John Andrews:
Stefan,
It must be difficult to run such a high frequency transmitter
when you can't hear the loading coil singing!
The reports were from my site in Maine. I was surprised to see
them last night, as there were strong thunderstorms about 200 km to the
north, and the static was loud.
And you and Roelof are certainly correct that the underlying TA
propagation is year-round. Increased noise is a limiting factor in the
warmer months, as are the shorter dark periods. Surface wave
propagation over land is better in the colder weather. The effects of
solar weather dominate this path in all seasons, though.
Thanks for providing the signals. I'll do some modest-power
transmitting from the Maine site in the next month, once I have a
suitable tuning network for the loop.
John, W1TAG/1, WE2XGR/3
Hi MF,
A short excursion to the very high frequencies
| Timestamp |
Call |
MHz |
SNR |
Drift |
Grid |
Pwr |
Reporter |
RGrid |
km |
az |
| 2016-05-28 01:30 |
DK7FC |
0.475683 |
-17 |
0 |
JN49ik |
1 |
WE2XGR/3 |
FN43sv |
5789 |
296 |
| 2016-05-28 02:20 |
DK7FC |
0.475683 |
-24 |
0 |
JN49ik |
1 |
WE2XGR/3 |
FN43sv |
5789 |
296 |
| 2016-05-28 03:00 |
DK7FC |
0.475683 |
-17 |
0 |
JN49ik |
1 |
WE2XGR/3 |
FN43sv |
5789 |
296 |
| 2016-05-28 02:50 |
DK7FC |
0.475683 |
-15 |
0 |
JN49ik |
1 |
WE2XGR/3 |
FN43sv |
5789 |
296 |
| 2016-05-28 02:40 |
DK7FC |
0.475683 |
-15 |
0 |
JN49ik |
1 |
WE2XGR/3 |
FN43sv |
5789 |
296 |
| 2016-05-28 02:30 |
DK7FC |
0.475683 |
-24 |
0 |
JN49ik |
1 |
WE2XGR/3 |
FN43sv |
5789 |
296 |
| 2016-05-28 01:40 |
DK7FC |
0.475683 |
-24 |
0 |
JN49ik |
1 |
WE2XGR/3 |
FN43sv |
5789 |
296 |
Not bad at all i find...
73, Stefan
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