BIG SOLAR STORMS

BIG SOLAR STORMS

As I write this post, the Solar Flux is 126, A-Index is 30 and the K-Index is at 6. Stormy conditions are currently making reception conditions on the shortwave bands fair to poor. If it wasn't so cloudy and rainy here at Mount Evelyn tonight, I may have possibly been able to see some Aurora Australis (Southern Lights). But, alas, not to be! Check the aurora ovation oval below, focused on Antarctica:

Things are looking bleak  for the next day or so. Here's a report from Dr. Tamitha Skov, posted on her website yesterday:


BUT.....don't give up! Sometimes, the most unexpected reception of a signal can occur in times of major ionospheric disturbances. Patience may yield a startling result. But you have to be lucky!!

 73 and let's hope DX conditions improve soon!

 Rob Wagner VK3BVW


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