[Lf] [Fwd: LF: Solar effects on the N.Atlantic path]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Alan Melia wrote:

> Hi All, as I suggested yesterday there has been some unusual results again
> today. CFH, Halifax, NS has been just visible virtually all day. It may be a
> triumph of optimism over reality, but, after disappearing at its usual
> post-dawn time around 0600z, from 0954z this morning there has been a weak
> dribble of pixels down the screen at exactly 85Hz spacing very stable
> straddling 137.00kHz, but not even forming a continous line, right through
> to 2000z dusk at this location. There has been a series of C class X-ray
> events culminating in an M1.1 event timed at 0945z and followed by levels
> around C2.5. In my experience C class events do not normally lead to daytime
> enhancement of CFH so the effect must be related to the other effects due to
> the arrival of the coronal mass ejection 'bubble' yesterday.
>
> We are gathering evidence of an interesting effect. John VE1ZJ is seeing
> DCF28 and 39 nearly every afternoon between 1200 and 1400z sometimes later.
> This has not correlated with the appearance of CFH which is still exactly
> correlated with X-ray events about M1.0.  I have not checked the powers but
> I suspect that DCF28 and 39 are radiating more ERP than CFH. At the moment
> there is no specfic solar event we can tie this to, though the sun has a
> fair amount of 'indigestion' at the moment! Maybe it should take its
> hydrogen with a little more water !!
>
> Perseids wasn't very exciting here optically....I saw two trails at about
> 2300z, but there was a small amount of high thin coastal cloud and a fair
> bit of light pollution.
>
> Cheers de Alan G3NYK
> Alan.Melia at btinternet.com