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Ive just reviewed the captures from the 6th till today - all times UTC - 01Z is Alaska dusk, 07z Eu Dawn roughly..
DK7FC ID
6th 06Z
7th 01Z and 07Z (opening at 01Z typically lasts for 1 hour - pre dawn Eu can start as early as 04Z)
9th 01Z 04Z, and again at 06Z weakly
10th 06Z
13th 01Z
Smatterings of other QRSS callsigns but no firm Eu ID - one notable was 12th 07Z on 136.171 qrss
VE7SL and BDQ also seen but Ive had the Northern firing array on till this morning so they are disadvantaged by a load of dBs.
Weather hasnt been kind at all with strong winds and deep heavy snow with occasional power outages. Moose are skirting the large K9AYs but theyve been up for over 2 years without incident. Auroral activity has been up over the past couple of days but Im still seeing HGA22 +24hrs with the occasional phase cancel - the 9th was pretty spectacular pre dawn Eu for deep N min qsb periods going from S9 to below audible.(clip)
Its interesting to note the Alaska dusk opening which hasnt been evident to me (at all) till this year - its short but added opportunities. Ive been X band on 7MHz and other HF freqs but honestly there has been very little openings on HF over the Pole at the requisite times - actually its been pretty poor from up there. I really would like to take a look for ZL and VK on 500 and 137 as Im sure its a possibility even in their summer.
Laurence KL7UK BP51 Eye Pee
remotely controlled
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