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| HF/MW/LW General Discussion General discussion on monitoring the HF (High Frequency), MW (Medium Wave), and LW (Long Wave) spectrum (0.5 - 30 MHz) |
09-22-2009, 01:23 PM
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Sunspots getting active
Maybe things are finally turning around, we now have two sun spots.
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09-22-2009, 09:38 PM
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Keep em' coming Mr. Sun.
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10-14-2009, 05:40 PM
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OH JOY!! may the lord sHINE DOWN ON US WHIPPEEDOO!
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10-14-2009, 07:15 PM
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How many 'spots are average for a good period of activity? Was there a daily avg (number) when things were good...
I seem to remember hearing about 11-12 per day... is that about right?
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10-14-2009, 07:41 PM
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10-14-2009, 08:08 PM
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I think the prop's been pretty good! I'm hearing tons of shortwave stations on the 17.8mhz band during the daytime and some short E skip on 21mhz (shortwave broadcasters, not hams). From there down to medium wave the bands have been hopping, was even hearing the heterodyne from the Canary Islands, 531khz on my little Eaton portable. There was plenty of E skip reported well through the FM band this summer, even up to 2 meters at times. Dunno what you guys are looking for.   |
10-15-2009, 08:48 AM
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Don't get your hopes up, two sunspots don't amount to a hill of beans in the grand scheme of things. Medium wave propagation is unaffected for the most part, however there is a noticeable improvement during the day due to less ionization of the D layer meaning less absorption during periods of low solar activity. Then there is something many misunderstand, sporadic E propagation has nothing to do with sunspots and everything to do with ultraviolet. That's why it's most prevalent in summer when the sun is directly overhead, ultraviolet along with the rest of the visible and near visible spectrum radiation is more intense.
Eh, activity has been good but propagation? That's a relative term, short skip on the higher bands but the DX is below 10MHz and at night. There have been plenty of long haul contacts on 160-40M but signals are fairly weak, that's where CW comes in. Oh don't start, I haven't heard any mention of FSK. (;->)
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10-15-2009, 09:39 AM
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If you can diversify your gear, then there is almost always a band that holds interest. Too noisy on the lower frequencies? Go VHF! Nothing cooking on VHF? There's always satellites! Nothing passing overhead? Grab the soldering iron! LOL
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10-16-2009, 12:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by k9rzz
If you can diversify your gear, then there is almost always a band that holds interest. Too noisy on the lower frequencies? Go VHF! Nothing cooking on VHF? There's always satellites! Nothing passing overhead? Grab the soldering iron! LOL
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Exactly! I'm active from 160 meters to 24 GHz, CW, SSB, FM, HF mobile, repeaters, and above 1 GHz, I build my own rigs, active in 3 clubs... I'm pretty immune to the sunspot cycle. I just adjust my air time accordingly.
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