LF: Enhanced propagation, DCF39 faults

["Markus Vester" <markusvester@aol.com>]

Hello LF,

 

going through todays colour-DF spectrograms, I noticed unusual levels of Luxembourg cross modulation and directional or polarisation fading. Traces on the Loran-C monitor show that the transpolar path to Port Clarence / AK is now open 24 hours. Minami Torishima (Pacific) was visible throughout the afternoon from 12:00 to 20:00, and the China chains showed up an hour later and are still there now at 22:20.

 

Unrelated to that, the DCF39 transmitter apparently experienced some problems today, with several carrier outages and periods of powerful broadband noise emissions.

 

Kind regards

Markus, DF6NM