We had visual Aurora here in South Central Alaska and no decodes from anyone I think running Op 32 - it was also very windy in a small Katabatic at our QTH gustiung 45-50mph - inside where it was windy it was 32F and outside calm, just a mile or so 15F or less.
Just needs to quieten down for a few more days but I think Im going to be dissapointed. At least SAQ was seen even whilst the 137 Opera was blasting away!
> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:09:32 +0200
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> Am 24.10.2012 18:27, schrieb Graham:
> >
> > May be the path east was better , as you have the same s/n
> > over similar distance , where as east is over land ?
> >
> > UA0AET is showing as decoding at JA at the moment , may be
> > now is a good time to try Tx while JA is in darkness
>
> The path to JA is (was) not open today, see the DCF plot at
> http://icas.to/argo/eu.htm
> Yesterday the QRN was way lower and the signal levels about the same,
> i.e. the SNR was much better. And i was active to that time of the
> highest DCF S/N. Anyway no trace at JA8SCD. It's more than twice the
> distance to JA, compared to UA0AET.
>
> It's interesting that good decode levels, or clear spectrograms, can be
> seen at UA0SNV. As you say, that distance over land is quite a challenge.
>
> But be sure, it is more likely to leave a trace to the right time and
> right frequency than making a OP32 decode. That applies for the path to
> DU1GM too, of course.
>
> 73, Stefan/DK7FC
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> >
> > UA0AET JA8SCD 2200m OPERA 4163 kms 13:53:08
> >
> > 73 -G..
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