Hi David,
I had trouble following the article because of the way it is laid out. Page 1
ends in mid sentence and I can't find where it begins elsewhere. In any event I
still get the gist of the article. I traveled the seven seas including both
poles as a Space and Atmospheric Weather Forecaster, Physical Oceanographer and
Radioman while in the U.S. Coast Guard and also with other government agencies
and saw the phenomenon that is described in the article.
There is not enough information in the article like bands, times, seasons to
give a definitive answer as to what's going on. However Tran (TEQ) propagation
across the Equator is very common actually. Until recently it was pretty much a
mystery but now we know of the existence of an F3 propagation layer that is
found predominately along the magnetic equator. This may be the source of TEQ.
Here are a couple of links on F3 layer propagation.
http://www.ips.gov.au/IPSHosted/STSP/aip/arayne/f3web.pdf
http://www.kn4lf.com/F3layer.pdf
73,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Retired Space & Atmospheric Weather Forecaster
Plant City, FL, USA
Grid Square EL87WX
Lat & Long 27 58 33.6397 N 82 09 52.4052 W
kn4lf@arrl.net
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