On Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:05:17 -0800 (PST) Robert Brown
>Those remarks indicate that the detectors were capable of picking up
>any
>unusual conditions in the central US on March 20 and none were found.
>So
>that would seem to lay to rest the idea of auroral ionization south
>and/or
>west of K1ZM. Sporadic E ionization is another matter and that
>remains to
>be examined. But the satellite observations would seem to close out
>one of
>the remaining options in trying to explain the observations of
>anomalous
>echoes on 1.8 MHz.
>
>73,
>
>Bob, NM7M
Bob, I have been asking around and have nothing to report...yet...on any
unusual VHF event over the Alaska to South America coastal path. Perhaps
someone with the proper contacts could check with the FAA and see if
pilots were reporting any unusual communications.
Would it help if in the future the involved stations "ping" the
ionosphere and accurately record the time for the echo?
Would it not then be possible to triangulate on the source of the
reflection?
I may have missed an earlier post but has anyone examined weather maps
over the suspect paths...and including the East Coast to SA over the
Caribbean?
73 Carl KM1H
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