Northern Lights this far south?
Jun 26th 2012, 4:34 pm
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
That was the obsession you see best contact was with Austria on 144 Mhz. The answer is probably light pollution in my case.
Jun 26th 2012, 10:04 pm
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
did u ever do a moon bounce ? something I wanted to try but never had the kit
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Jun 26th 2012, 11:36 pm
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
Meteor scatter and aircraft bounce were two other unusual ones.
I made a few auroral contacts which often sounded weird because of the unusual effect of the atmospherics on the voices.
Mainly worked 20mts on ham bands occasionally 10 and before that 11 on the pirates before I was licensed in 83.
Worked as far as Oz using a small mobile on the pirate bands then later clocked up 330 confirmed countries on the ham band including quite a few unusual ones like North pole expeditions.also quite often with US 747 flight crews crossing the pond who were great at keeping me posted on the weather which was useful for my work back then.
Jun 27th 2012, 7:55 am
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
Didn't have the space for a decent EME array but did manage it on 70cm, 2m Aurora and MS and did contests providing the 23 and 13cm stations water cooled of course !
I've calmed now but used to be a fruitcake !
there will be readers wondering what the hell we are talking about !
73
I've calmed now but used to be a fruitcake !
there will be readers wondering what the hell we are talking about !
73
Jun 27th 2012, 7:57 am
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
That needed a fairly elaborate antenna array I believe.
Meteor scatter and aircraft bounce were two other unusual ones.
I made a few auroral contacts which often sounded weird because of the unusual effect of the atmospherics on the voices.
Mainly worked 20mts on ham bands occasionally 10 and before that 11 on the pirates before I was licensed in 83.
Worked as far as Oz using a small mobile on the pirate bands then later clocked up 330 confirmed countries on the ham band including quite a few unusual ones like North pole expeditions.also quite often with US 747 flight crews crossing the pond who were great at keeping me posted on the weather which was useful for my work back then.
Meteor scatter and aircraft bounce were two other unusual ones.
I made a few auroral contacts which often sounded weird because of the unusual effect of the atmospherics on the voices.
Mainly worked 20mts on ham bands occasionally 10 and before that 11 on the pirates before I was licensed in 83.
Worked as far as Oz using a small mobile on the pirate bands then later clocked up 330 confirmed countries on the ham band including quite a few unusual ones like North pole expeditions.also quite often with US 747 flight crews crossing the pond who were great at keeping me posted on the weather which was useful for my work back then.
presumably the Northern Lights will cause the distortion because that is in part what they are - a distortion of the ionosphere.
presumably they will also effect the "bounce", so less chance of an echo on 20m Oz txn's, think I only heard that once on a ZS.
used to monitor amateur bands to see what the propogation was like when having difficulties with shipboard comms, especially when the hissing sound started to increase - nothing to do with sunspots but just a huge tropical storm on its way.
Jun 27th 2012, 7:57 am
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
Didn't have the space for a decent EME array but did manage it on 70cm, 2m Aurora and MS and did contests providing the 23 and 13cm stations water cooled of course !
I've calmed now but used to be a fruitcake !
there will be readers wondering what the hell we are talking about !
73
I've calmed now but used to be a fruitcake !
there will be readers wondering what the hell we are talking about !
73
But don't worry, it wasn't the Aurora so make this the 'unfathomable stuff from the sounds of outer space or wherever' thread
Jun 27th 2012, 7:59 am
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
Didn't have the space for a decent EME array but did manage it on 70cm, 2m Aurora and MS and did contests providing the 23 and 13cm stations water cooled of course !
I've calmed now but used to be a fruitcake !
there will be readers wondering what the hell we are talking about !
73
I've calmed now but used to be a fruitcake !
there will be readers wondering what the hell we are talking about !
73
Jun 27th 2012, 8:17 am
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
Don't tell that to my wife !
Jun 27th 2012, 8:34 am
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
My old man built crystal sets back in the early days of radio.
Even as a little bitty kid I'd sit fascinated beside the old steam valve radio for hours on end tuning thru the atmospherics on the SW bands.
Shame it all seems a bit old hat now with modern technology, yet it's only a few years back that transatlantic flights were still relying on ssb sw radio to keep in contact with their tracking stations.
To keep on topic,the first time I heard transmissions from auroral contacts I got to thinking maybe I was hearing voices from beyond the grave.
Jun 27th 2012, 8:36 am
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
Not sure if this can be classed as hijacking or just boring people to death.
Jun 27th 2012, 8:38 am
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Jun 27th 2012, 9:39 am
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Jul 15th 2012, 7:07 pm
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
Not really for those in Spain but for those in the UK particularly the North, I have just received a red alert for possible visual Aurora tonight.
Obviously this is the highest level and generally means almost certain although I expect finding a clear sky might be a tad difficult.
Obviously this is the highest level and generally means almost certain although I expect finding a clear sky might be a tad difficult.
Jul 15th 2012, 7:40 pm
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Re: Northern Lights this far south?
http://www.softservenews.com/Aurora.htm
Seems quite possible.
Clear sky up here in N.E. England at the minute.
Seems quite possible.
Clear sky up here in N.E. England at the minute.
