Last weekend, dozens of QSOs were completed after repeated AGN AGN?
The sound heard is a swooshing type rather than the characteristic tone of
CW. All these QSOs were with distant stations being attenuated by the
so-called "black cloud." The "peaking filter" DSP on my IC746 would not
work. The "noise reduction" DSP would interpret a change in the noise
floor--that's it. A special thank you goes out to the east and west coast
stations (mults) who, presumably, heard my sigs the same way and toughed it
out until the Q was complete.
How do you explain the physics behind this phenomena? A single frequency
carrier is a tone on CW. Why is this being distorted? What is it that the
receiver is "hearing?"
Any Spocks or Scotties out there that can explain why the Auroral cloud
(apparently) "changes the laws of physics?"
Ford-N0OQW
ford@cmgate.com
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