FEBRUARY 1976 Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT 9-21: 0124, 134.0 vic Phil.(Aeromexico 432;DC8-51;16,500 ft) 10-17: 2115, N300BD 118.3 Bal-DC (Becton Dickinson & Company; Mitsubishi MUZ-G; 15 watts) 2135, N3297Y 118.3 10 mi se DC(Frederick J. Seufert; Cessna 210D,1-engine,2-seat; 15 watts) 2137, N3184L 118.3 vic DC(Jet America,Inc.;Cessna 310;3000') 18: 0052, N711AS 118.3 5 mi ne Wash Ntl Apt (Suburban Airlines; DeHavilland Twin Otter,DHC6;3000 ft; 12 w) 1704, N4639Q 127.2 nr Damascus,MD(Herman Sommer; Cessna 210; 1-engine,2-seat; 7500 feet; 15 watts) 2312, N6756W 119.7 ov Annapolis(Phil Gardener Aircraft; Piper Cherokee PA-28-140-4;1-e,4-s;2000') 19: 1552, N4474P 127.5 3 mi e Bloody Pt-Kent Is.,MD(Peachtree Beechcraft Inc.;Piper Apache,2-e,5-s;500') 11-1: 2115, N8211R 119.7 ov Annapolis(Dr. William Benjamin; Bellanca 13-71/A; 1-engine, 4-seat) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, my loggings. Allied A-2586, Hallicrafters SX-62, Hammarlund SP-600- JX10 (with ICM BAX-1 tuned preamp); 30' long wires at 12', ne-sw and nw-se runs; all Es unless noted; * F2, with peak noted; bs-backscatter; new underlined; GMT used 12-15: 1702, 32.96 * 24: 1857, KFL 943 1: 2139, KME 438 17: 0153, KOE 257 26: 2313, KQC 877 5: 1702, KIF 651 19: 0042, KQC 884 2342, KAA 893 1729, KAA 893 20: 0147, KMA 829 2345, KOE 257 6: 1625, KGA 805 22: 1905, OK City 27: 1748, KME 438 1903, KMA 829 23: 0255, KME 438 28: 2014, KME 438 8: 0335, KFL 936 0409, KOE 257 30: 1845, KME 438 10: 2015, KKI 445 bs 0524, KFL 943 2045, 35.28 * 2040, 37.14 * 1616, KQC 884 31: 2100, KGA 805 2122, 35 US * 24: 1705, KMA 829 1-1: 0220, KMA 829 2131, KRZ 270 * 1729, KME 438 2115, " 2142, KCA 695 * 1855, KIF 651 2125, KFL 936 (best since 11-17) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KAA 893 35.22 St. Louis, MO KMA 829 35.58 San Diego, CA KCA 695 33.78 Manchester, NH-f KME 438 35.22 Orange, CA KFL 936 35.58 (west) KOE 257 35.22 Phoenix, AZ KFL 943 35.58 Las Vegas, NV * KQC 877 35.58 Cincinnati, On KGA 805 35.22 Pittsburgh, PA KRZ 270 33.90 Fenton, NY-f KIF 651 35.58 Ft Lauderdale, FL KQC 884 35.58 Detroit, MI KKI 445 35.58 Houston, TX 35.58 OK City, OK ** f-fire; rest are tone pagers except, ** voice, and * tone message with voice ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solar flux/A-Index for December 1975 - 1: 74/30; 2: 77/20; 3: 77/12; 4: 76/14; 5: 80/7: 6: 78/7; 7: 76/3; 8: 78/13; 9: 76/13; 10: 76/5; 11: 77/4; 12: 76/3; 13: 75/2; 14: 74/4; 15: 74/6; 16: 73/11; 17: 73/4; 18: 72/5; 19: 71/3; 20: 72/3; 21: 71/6; 22: 71/8; 23: 72/5; 24: 74/2; 25: 73/15; 26: 74/30; 27: 75/24; 28: 74/11; 29: 75/12; 30: 74/10; 31: 75/5 Avg.: 74.6 73, WA5IYX