SpamBlock wrote:

Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

The ionosphere has been in a storm condition for the past few days. Hang
in there!

The bands have been terrible here all week...part of the game

Shawn

SpamBlock wrote:

Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

--
73 and Best of DX
Shawn Axelrod

Visit the AMANDX DX site with info for the new or experienced listener:

http://www.angelfire.com/mb/amandx/index.html

REMEMBER ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN HEAR FOREVER

Solar conditions are very poor at the moment

Current Solar Flux report:
SFI: 106 A-index: 35 K-Index: 4

For meaning of the numbers -- See propagation at URL:
http://www.ae4rv.com/tn/propflash.htm

--
73 From The Signal In The Noise
Caveat Lector Ya All
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"SpamBlock" wrote in message
...
Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

In article , helmsman
writes:

Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 September follow.
Solar flux 106 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 35.
The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 17 September was 4 (54 nT).

Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level occurred.

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


Got it..
anyone got an analogue meter to display this stuff on ??

HI !:

Ionosphere gone Walkabout..

- Nothing on 7.415
staticy / barely receivable on 5.105
( Both Monticello Maine)

5.975 ( BBC Via Antigua) OK

12.095 ( BBC Via Ascension Island ) barrely Audible

- Wait a while,
the Solar weather will change
or your antenna will dissappear into the Storm

- Surfs Up !!

Dan


In article , SpamBlock
writes:


Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

N8KDV wrote:



SpamBlock wrote:

Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

The ionosphere has been in a storm condition for the past few days. Hang
in there!

Usually when the storms act up I can hear Radio Exterior Espana on 15385
behind the noise. The last two days I haven't heard it AT ALL. That must
be one powerful solar storm!

I could not agree more. The ionosphere is indeed suffering from a
storm condition during the last day or two. You can still do some
SWL'ing however it will take a bit more patience and perhaps some help
from your equipment & antenna. If you are using a smaller antenna,
wait a day or so and it will be back up soon. Check out the sites
below for more info:

http://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/spw_data_e.shtml
http://www.dxlc.com/solar/
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/SWN/
http://www.spacew.com/
http://solar.uleth.ca/


N8KDV wrote in message ...
SpamBlock wrote:

Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

The ionosphere has been in a storm condition for the past few days. Hang
in there!

The Axelrods wrote:

The bands have been terrible here all week...part of the game

Shawn

I just got an email alert from the IPS (Australia) saying we can expect
auroral activity extending to mid-latitudes. If you live in the northern
US, you may see an aurora tonight, providing the sky is clear.


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Ref: Bad SWL conditions..

SpamBlock..

Things have been bad on the shortwave and amateur frequencies
for a long time. Nothing is coming in as they did years ago
in the 13 year upcycles that are generally present. Even in
the periods that things should be good, the signal to noise
ratio is terrible.

Back in the early 50's I remember when there was a great amount
of activity going on on 20meters and those higher shortwave
bands...It seemed like the shortwave stations were on 40meters
in the middle of the day, interfering with Ham radio chatter.

That day has been gone for a long time. It seems that the
projected upcycles are not that "up". Seems to be some other
Cycle involved here. Your receiver and antenna are probably
O.K...its just the overall conditions.

Leonard..
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:28:14 +0000, SpamBlock wrote:

Hello, I live in the northeast USA. I've returned to SWL'ing about a
week ago after many years away. I'm just a little concerned about
something.

Have conditions here for the past 2 days been very poor? It seems
like like everything died somewhere between 0600 and 0800 GMT, 09/16,
and never returned. I haven't been able to hear WWV at all except for
very short periods on 10, and 15 Mhz with very weak signals. I am
used to receiving WWV on at least 2 frequencies with good signal at
any time of day! DX'ing is impossible as there are very few signals
audible beyond the usual super-power broadcasters. Up till 2 days ago,
there were lots of signals on every band!

The only other possibility is that my radio has died. My longwire
antenna is still up and in good condition, and there haven't been any
electrical storms to fry the radio's front-end.

Hi,

anyone got an analogue meter to display this stuff on ??

Try GeoAlert Wizard --
www.taborsoft.com/gawiz

Regards,
Jim
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