Red Wave Radio

by **Michae** » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:19:56

Hi...

The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is it
local or somthing global ???

Anyone notice the same thing ???

--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.

by **yachtbo** » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:26:20

>Hi...

>The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
>DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is it
>local or somthing global ???

>Anyone notice the same thing ???

>--
>Respectfully,

>Michael

>Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
>Northern NJ
>R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
>G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
>MFJ-1048 preselector
>SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
>speakers & full software mixer/eq.

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by JA » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:35:31

> Hi...

> The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
> DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is
> it local or somthing global ???

> Anyone notice the same thing ???

Someone posted about solar max and min a bit ago. Someone else posted
about aurora borealis. The point I guess is that some natural phenomena
are messing up radio waves.

by **Michae** » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:33:04

Aurora in Arizona ??? WTF ?????

--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.

> >Hi...

> >The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
> >DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is
it
> >local or somthing global ???

> >Anyone notice the same thing ???

> >--
> >Respectfully,

> >Michael

> >Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
> >Northern NJ
> >R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
> >G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
> >MFJ-1048 preselector
> >SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
> >speakers & full software mixer/eq.

> http://www.sunspotcycle.com/
> ==========
> "Being diabetic is alot like having an un-invited
> guest at a picnic, who keeps pointing out the potato
> salad may have gone bad."--W.B. Willis

> "Destiny has a strange sense of humor..." K. Honeycutt
> ----------
> http://www.geocities.com/swl_yb400pe
> http://www.geocities.com/swl_yb400pe/psychedelic.htm
> http://www.geocities.com/swl_yb400pe/slinkypage.html

> "He not busy being born is busy dying..." B. Dylan

> =======================

by **Michae** » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:36:35

I'm reading them now... Hard to believe an aurora in Arizona. That's
extraordinary.

--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.

> > Hi...

> > The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
> > DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is
> > it local or somthing global ???

> > Anyone notice the same thing ???

> Someone posted about solar max and min a bit ago. Someone else posted
> about aurora borealis. The point I guess is that some natural phenomena
> are messing up radio waves.

by **Ham Dat A** » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:23:01

Re: DX'ing conditions bad all over ???

Current Solar Flux report:
SFI: 119 A-index: 51 K-Index: 5

The high A-Index is a killer and the low Solar Flux is NOT amenable to good
propagation in the higher frequencies.

The above -- SEZ conditions for the Short wave bands are poor to lousy at
the moment and it will get worse as the solar cycle declines.

When times were good
Highs for Cycle 23
Flux: 283 - 26 Sep 2001

So for now --- TUNE TO THE LOWER FREQUENCIES

For what all these numbers mean and how SWL propagation works.
See URL:
http://www.ae4rv.com/tn/propflash.htm

Only 5 or 6 more years til the solar cycle rises again (more or less) !!!!

See URL: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/solcycle.html
For Solar Cycles 22 and 23

The next solar minimum will likely occur sometime in 2006 with cycle 24
peaking in 2010.

by **N8KD** » Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:43:53

> Hi...

> The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
> DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is it
> local or somthing global ???

> Anyone notice the same thing ???

We are currently at storm conditions.

http://www.n3kl.org/

Quote:
> --
> Respectfully,

> Michael

> Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
> Northern NJ
> R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
> G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
> MFJ-1048 preselector
> SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
> speakers & full software mixer/eq.

by **MnMike** » Sun, 24 Aug 2003 01:38:02

Quote:> Re: DX'ing conditions bad all over ???

> Current Solar Flux report:
> SFI: 119 A-index: 51 K-Index: 5

> The high A-Index is a killer and the low Solar Flux is NOT amenable to
good
> propagation in the higher frequencies.

> The above -- SEZ conditions for the Short wave bands are poor to lousy at
> the moment and it will get worse as the solar cycle declines.

> When times were good
> Highs for Cycle 23
> Flux: 283 - 26 Sep 2001

> So for now --- TUNE TO THE LOWER FREQUENCIES

> For what all these numbers mean and how SWL propagation works.
> See URL:
> http://www.ae4rv.com/tn/propflash.htm

> Only 5 or 6 more years til the solar cycle rises again (more or less) !!!!

> See URL: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/solcycle.html
> For Solar Cycles 22 and 23

> The next solar minimum will likely occur sometime in 2006 with cycle 24
> peaking in 2010.

Great info! That might explain why even WBCQ sounded crappy last night.

by **tommyknocke** » Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:44:18

> > Hi...

> > The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
> > DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is it
> > local or somthing global ???

> > Anyone notice the same thing ???

> We are currently at storm conditions.

This is, what, the third day this week with significant solar storm
activity?

Quote:
> http://www.n3kl.org/

> > --
> > Respectfully,

> > Michael

> > Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
> > Northern NJ
> > R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
> > G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
> > MFJ-1048 preselector
> > SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
> > speakers & full software mixer/eq.

by **tommyknocke** » Mon, 25 Aug 2003 06:45:01

> >> Hi...

> >> The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
> >> DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! " Is
> >> it local or somthing global ???

> >> Anyone notice the same thing ???

> >Someone posted about solar max and min a bit ago. Someone else posted
> >about aurora borealis. The point I guess is that some natural phenomena
> >are messing up radio waves.

> This page ftp://ftp.sec.noaa.gov/pub/latest/wwv.txt will give you
> this:
> Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
> Issued: 2003 Aug 22 1210 UTC
> # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
> #
> # Geophysical Alert Message
> #
> Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 August follow.
> Solar flux 119 and mid-latitude A-index 51.
> The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 22 August was 4 (47 nT).

> Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
> Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.

> Space weather for the next 24 hours is expected to be minor.
> Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.

Yeah, but what does this mean? Could you explain?

by **J999** » Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:00:48

Quote:>> Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.

>Yeah, but what does this mean? Could you explain?

This means you need to catch up on your reading.

:^]

jw
wb9uai

by **Signal In The Nois** » Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:22:49

The higher the SFI number, the better the propagation. Typical daily SFI
values have ranged from 67 (Jan 1997) to 370 (Jan 1991).

We are now at SFI: 120 so propagation on the upper SW bands is poor -- above
10Mhz.

The A-Index kinda sez the sun is messin with propagation

The higher the A-index, the more unstable propagation becomes.
Classification of A-indices is as follows:

A0 - A7 = quiet

A8 - A15 = unsettled

A16 - A29 = active

A30 - A49 = minor storm

A50 - A99 = major storm

A100 - A400 = severe storm

So currently the A-Index is 41 -- not good

For more -- See Propagation fundamentals at URL:

http://ac6v.com/propagation.htm#HF

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/info/FAQ.html#g4

http://www.trsc.com/ref_propagation.html

This ones titled "how come i can't hear anything?"

Gd DX et al

Signal In The Noise

=========================================

Quote:> >> Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.

> >Yeah, but what does this mean? Could you explain?

> This means you need to catch up on your reading.

> :^]

> jw
> wb9uai

by **John Garriso** » Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:20:58

Quote:> The higher the SFI number, the better the propagation. Typical daily SFI
> values have ranged from 67 (Jan 1997) to 370 (Jan 1991).

> We are now at SFI: 120 so propagation on the upper SW bands is poor --
above
> 10Mhz.

I can testify to the above ten Mhz thing. I had switched to getting BBC's
European feed on 12095 Khz and now have switched back to 5975. Oh well, they
are out there somewhere.

> The A-Index kinda sez the sun is messin with propagation

> The higher the A-index, the more unstable propagation becomes.
> Classification of A-indices is as follows:

> A0 - A7 = quiet

> A8 - A15 = unsettled

> A16 - A29 = active

> A30 - A49 = minor storm

> A50 - A99 = major storm

> A100 - A400 = severe storm

> So currently the A-Index is 41 -- not good

> For more -- See Propagation fundamentals at URL:

> http://ac6v.com/propagation.htm#HF

> http://www.sec.noaa.gov/info/FAQ.html#g4

> http://www.trsc.com/ref_propagation.html

> This ones titled "how come i can't hear anything?"

> Gd DX et al

> Signal In The Noise

> =========================================

> > >> Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.

> > >Yeah, but what does this mean? Could you explain?

> > This means you need to catch up on your reading.

> > :^]

> > jw
> > wb9uai

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by **dxantenna** » Wed, 27 Aug 2003 01:29:07

yep

> > > Hi...

> > > The past few days have been VERY bad for me here in North NJ as far as
> > > DX'ing. The noise level is out of hand. "HSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!! "
Is it
> > > local or somthing global ???

> > > Anyone notice the same thing ???

> > We are currently at storm conditions.

> This is, what, the third day this week with significant solar storm
> activity?

> > http://www.n3kl.org/

> > > --
> > > Respectfully,

> > > Michael

> > > Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
> > > Northern NJ
> > > R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
> > > G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
> > > MFJ-1048 preselector
> > > SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
> > > speakers & full software mixer/eq.

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by **J999** » Wed, 27 Aug 2003 02:04:10

It's just a matter of perspective.

If the HF conditions are lousy, then it's time to head to 50mhz and up, point
the antenna's north, and work stations off the Aurora. Lots of fun !!

jw
wb9uai