Day 1 - slung up a bigger loop with the main plane at 067 deg which is a
compromise between Eu and our stateside friends. Temps were about -30C
overnight but have risen today and now its calm snowing and -15c. Strong
Katabatic winds made travelling interesting with tunnel like winds only
about about 800m across but winds inside peaked 40 knots and temps some 25F
warmer - its a strange world.
Overnight conditions to europe and long distance to the lower 48 States were
"poor" as I can remember from past years ops here - I was also peeved at
losing overnight data. This computer has a protected registry and locks the
screen after 20 mins of no key action; I cant change it officially as it
negates securitry policy but Ive loaded a spoof trick program called
"mousemove" which moves the mouse after a predetermined time and keeps the
screen alive and captures to the web operating. Conditions tonight (26/27th)
to Eu are better and so far about 7 dB up on yesterday but Im missing long
range Loran lines - The loop was compared against a 200 ft at 35ft loaded
long wire and spotty earth and the loop won hands down. I guess the larger
loop took about 20 minutes to get up and another 20 mins to tune using a
baby alarm and switch mode psu noiz as a source.
Moose vistations last night didnt cause bedlam with the wires but I did see
the chickadees trying the insulation for taste - no squirrels here.
Keeping fingers crossed that the Dst continues its downward motion - also
qrv on HF if anyone wants a CW qso - Im on qrp. If conditions improve Ill
look on lowfer too.
laurence KL1X bp51fp wasilla Alaska (in the mountains)
ps Live data on argo 1 and 3 on http://myweb.cableone.net/flow
XDW continues on air from Oklahoma - dont know why the web cam is producing
VK7 type signals.
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