Hi Steve:
>>I am curious as to whether the signals from EU of the past several days have
>>been arriving at high angles or at skewed paths. This has been one of the
>>few occasions when I've been able to hear EU stations. ES1 and OM3 have been
>>very copyable here recently. My situation is that everything below a 25
>>degree angle to my northeast shortpath to EU is blocked my a giant mountain.
>>So I am either hearing EU sigs arriving at a higher angle than usual, or they
>>are skewed somewhat north or east. Are any of you able to discern with you
>>antenna setups which condition may have been the case recently?
I think there are several things going on as to why you are hearing EU
now. First of all,
the stations you mention, ES1 and OM are some of the areas of EU that are in
the more
Northerly directions from here. ES1 is on 17 Degree path and OM is on a 26
degree path
from here.
The auroral polar absorption for the last week or more has been lower for
longer periods
of time than I have ever seen it before.
When it drops way down we can receive the more northerly signals through it. I
monitor it many
times every day on http://www.k7tjr.com/radio_prop1.htm . The ES1 you mention
was a true
S9 here on my TX vertical. And he was very strong on my 0 Deg., 22.5 Deg., and
30 Deg.
antennas. Spot on I think.
Almost all of the signals I have received from EU in the last week or so
have been strongest
on their true bearing. As such I have observed no evidence of any skewing.
Several of my RX
antennas are shortened vertical arrays which quickly lose their directivity on
high angle signals.
I have seen little, if any sign of high angle signals recently as well.
I think the quiet sun is responsible for low absorption and good
propagation to the North of
your mountain.
Lee K7TJR Oregon
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