HF propagation is non existent this morning. There is a moderate geomagnetic storm underway, with the K index at 5 (peak 6) which may be affecting things. I did hear one ZL station on 20m SSB this morning but pretty much nothing else. I made one contact with Gary EW1MM but he vanished in QSB. Above is a short video showing just how poor the band is. It's not that there's even any local stuff to be worked - it's just dead as a dodo! Ironically, the sunspot number is at 158, so hopefully when the aurora subsides we will have good propagation . . .
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The HF bands are pretty dead this morning
HF propagation is non existent this morning. There is a moderate geomagnetic storm underway, with the K index at 5 (peak 6) which may be affecting things. I did hear one ZL station on 20m SSB this morning but pretty much nothing else. I made one contact with Gary EW1MM but he vanished in QSB. Above is a short video showing just how poor the band is. It's not that there's even any local stuff to be worked - it's just dead as a dodo! Ironically, the sunspot number is at 158, so hopefully when the aurora subsides we will have good propagation . . .
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Good morning Anthony, the conditions are the same on this side of the world as well. Funny as you said the sunspot and flux numbers are good. But there is the Bz which yesterday was in around -15.5 and the K index are you mentioned hit as high as 6. Well at least the Internet is working.....:)
ReplyDeleteMike, thankfully things seem to be returning to normal now. A short while ago I worked Monk Apollo SV2ASP/A as a new country on 30m, so happy happy !!
DeleteAnd yes, the internet still works ! :)
Yep, we don't need conditions for the internet to contact anyone. That's so special at radiocommunication on HF. Never experienced 20m as dead is this by the way. It has been a while I turned on the HF radio, hopefully some time for it tomorrow. 73, Bas
ReplyDeleteUnbelievably poor Bas. Thankfully things are back to normal now !
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