Mr. Pat Dyer, WA5IYX
5315 Silvertip Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78228
Ch 2 A2 F2 again
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Thursday, November 25, 1982 (CST used) Ø=169 A(Bo)=38
0933, Ch 2 to southeast, multi-path heavy and no audio
moderate fading (on 50-MHz at this time some backscatter
and Ecuador beacon direct)
0944, much the same; any printed supers etc, just too much ghosting
to decipher. no audio (only audio came from other stations on
meteor scatter bursts when they beat against the video)
1000, still holding in (changes in scenes and synchlock on the
multi-path disuaded me from trying the 1/8-sec 35-mm SLR
photos, but one afterwards always regrets the caution;
an instant VCR would be nice at these times!)
1010, still about the same; some deep fades
1030, rapidly going (almost like dissolving)
1035, gone
1038, rapid rebound (might have been a different station)
1045, very strong now, some sort of cooking show with the host
using a sifter/strainer
1051, out very fast
later events fitted the high-MUF pattern. 6-meter transcontinental F2
got shorter than Ohio-California (and 10-m signals under 900 miles in
here via F2). It seems the region of high ionization drifted north-north
west, perhaps even passing nearly directly over here. Vertical incidence
ionosonde data from the US for this period would be interesting.
Now, a quick check will show you that this type of event presented itself
November 25, 1981 (Ø=163, A(Bo)=19)!
Other past events like this: Apr 17, 1979 (Ø=169, A(Bo)=10)
Feb 14, 1982 (Ø=190, A(Bo)=42)
Feb 17, 1982 (Ø=167, A(Bo)=28)
Feb 18, 1982 (Ø=170, A(Bo)=18)
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