Tuesday 15 December 2020

Long path quite dead.

Overnight geomagnetic conditions were quiet, with only a very minor disturbance.

14MHz signals from VK3QN, beaming long path to Europe, were entirely absent from my receptions, and did not appear at all in the UK until about 09:30UT (when I had by then ceased listening).   This is very much in stark contrast to the reference quiet field conditions recorded only a month or so ago, as plotted again below:

Reference 14MHz quiet geomagnetic field reception of VK3QN at MW1CFN, 2020 November 19-20.


The only interesting propagation at 14MHz was from F1JSC, who would not be expected to be heard here under entirely quiet conditions, but came in throughout the night, responding to fluctuations in the geomagnetic field quite nicely, notably a marked enhancement just before 02UT as the field - you guessed it - rebounded to quieter conditions.

F1JSC received at MW1CFN, 2020 December 14-15.




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