APRIL 1976 Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Regency AR- 136D, 10-e Finco FM Yagi with rotor and Blonder-Tongue FM booster; GMT, QSLed 8-25: 2329, N410PA 134.0 (PanAm Clipper 222;Montego Bay-NYC route) 11-29: 1703, N21942 119.7 ov Tipton Army Field, Ft. G.G. Meade, MD (Jack E. Munroe;Cessna 150,1-e,2-s; 25 w) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- My loggings. Allied A-2586, Hallicrafters SX-62, Hammarlund SP-600-JX- 10 (with ICM BAX-1 tuned preamp); 30' long wires at 12' ne-sw and nw- se runs; F2 mode unless noted (bs-backscatter) with daily peak; GMT 2-12: 0220, KFL 943 (Es) 19: 2130, 32.000 3-1: 2332, KQC 884 (Es) 0303, Los Ang (Es) 20: 0029, KIE 953 (Es) 2: 0211, KSC 645 (Es) 0334, KME 438 (Es) 21: 2030, 32.96 1555, 32.000 13: 1616, KIE 953 (Es) 25: 1940, 35.28 3: 1728, 35.28 1915, 35.62 bs 26: 2105, 35.28 2100, 35.62 bs 1950, 35.28 2115, 35.62 bs 4: 1930, 32.000 2015, 30.96 US 27: 1932, KKV 690 bs 6: 2050, 40.000 16: 2025, 32.96 2102, 40.85 7: 2045, 40.74 17: 2155, KSV 810 28: 1915, 32.96 8: 2055, 32.000 2156, AFRTS 35.62 bs 9: 1750, 37.000 2200, 35.62 bs 29: 1700, 35.62 bs 10: 1645, 32.000 KPC 59 1724, KKV 690 bs 1720, 35.58 bs 2213, 35.22 1805, 35.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AFRTS 30.66 CA-ha KPC 59 33.98 Fortuna, CA-sf KFL 943 35.58 Las Vegas, NV * KQC 884 35.58 Detroit, MI KIE 953 35.58 Atlanta, GA KSC 645 35.58 Chicago, IL KKV 690 35.62 Houston, TX KSV 810 33.08 Portland, OR-h KME 438 35.22 Orange, CA Los Ang 35.38 Los Angeles, CA-mp h-hospital; ha-h.f. harmonic; mp-mobile phone; sf-state fire; rest are tone message/ID pagers except * which is voice ID ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb 1976 10.7-cm solar flux (Ottawa)/A-Index (Boulder) 1: 71/16; 2: 71/16; 3: 70/14; 4: 70/9; 5: 69/7; 6: 70/9; 7: 71/16; 8: 70/17; 9: 70/22; 10: 70/17; 11: 70/10; 12: 70/12; 13: 72/18; 14: 72/15; 15: 71/5; 16: 71/6; 17: 71/ 9; 18: 72/14; 19: 72/19; 20: 72/16; 21: 70/14; 22: 70/10; 23: 71/6; 24: 71/3; 25: 70/2; 26: 70/8; 27: 70/22; 28: 69/14; 29: 69/23 Avg: 70.5 There has been some definite Cycle 21 spot groups appearing, but they have been small and short-lived. For the mostpart, it takes a bit of geomagnetic activity to push the F2 MUF's over 30 MHz in any direction these days. This will likely be the poorest spring in that respect since 1964. The good levels of Mar 6-7 came very near 2 solar rotations after the very large Jan 10 events. 73, WA5IYX