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Subject: TopBand: Skewing
From: km1h@juno.com (km1h @ juno.com)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 10:59:05 EST
On Sun, 23 Nov 97 07:14:49 -0500 John Kaufmann <kaufmann@ll.mit.edu>
writes:
>Here in New England, we also noted skewing of the European signals
>during last night's (22-23 Nov.) opening.  Many of the Europeans 
>were stronger or as strong on my 135 degree Beverage as on the 45
>degree Beverage.   Normally the Europeans are 20-30 dB down when
>switching to the southeast Beverage from northeast.  Strong auroral 
>flutter was noted on most stateside signals.  As noted by others, the 
>skewing is a fairly common event when conditions are "disturbed".
>
>73, John W1FV

Some more info for those tracking propagation:
There was also AU on 6 and 2M coast to coast last night and well into the
wee hours. 

73  Carl   KM1H

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