RE: [amsat-bb] any solar storm updates

["MarkG" <markg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony,
   Be careful how you interpret ACE data on spaceweather.com because ACE is
currently unreliable with it's readings. I hadn't seen any visible aurora
last night but that may have been simply because I was in the shack pounding
out new contacts on 2m, averaging one every 6 minutes for 4 hours. It was
nuts. At it's peak, my beam was pointed almost due west and I'm at 40
degrees latitude. About the time the aurora died down, our friend N1JEZ
showed up on 6m SSB literally pegging the meter...what a treat!

Us VHFers suffer 360 days out of the year, I feel little pity for HF
operators right now.  ;-)

73...Mark - KB3CWS


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From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org]On
Behalf Of Tony Langdon
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 12:01 AM
To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] any solar storm updates



Hello MarkG.

15 Jul 00 12:10, you wrote to Keith N. Thews:

 M> It apparently hit about 10:15 eastern time and is causing strong
 M> aurora in europe now. Hopefully that will continue into tonight.
 M> Probably won't have any positive effect on satellite communications
 M> but the 6 and 2m bands could be fun later.

Just checked in at www.spaceweather.com.  Storm still very much in progress
at
03:50z on July 16, solar wind is above 900km/sec.  Hopefully we'll get an
auroral skyshow to match the lunar eclipse in several hours time.  No aurora
seen here last night, which coincided with a several hour drop in the storm
activity.  Some aurora was seen on the extreme south coast of Victoria,
Australia.

All reports from HFers is that the bands are basically shot to pieces today.
Better off checking out auroral activity on 144.100. :)

UO-14 pass this morning (00:15z) went well, that bird seems to be suffering
no
ill effects from the storm...

Tony, VK3JED.
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