CLE197 Results
It seems that our medium-frequency NDB CLE's (Co-ordinated Listening Event) go hand-in-hand with solar disturbances and wacky geomagnetic conditions. If you want to know when the next big geomagnetic upset will be, just check the date of the next CLE!
Along with a half dozen M-flares and auroral-producing 'K' indexes of 5-6, most of North America was blanketed with severe thunderstorm activity, always typical of this time of the year. In spite of the poor conditions, several signals did manage to find their way into my log. Sunday night provided the best conditions, with far less thunderstorm activity and a slight improvement in propagation. Saturday night's lightning map looked like this:
Loggings in RED where made on Friday night, GREEN on Saturday night and BLUE on Sunday night.
All stations were heard on the Perseus SDR while using my LF 'inverted-L' resonated at 300KHz.
LOG:
DD UTC kHz Call mi Location
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22 06:00 240 BVS 48 Burlington, WA, USA
22 10:00 241 YLL 648 Lloydminster Municipal Apt, AB, CAN
22 12:30 242 ZT 223 Port Hardy, BC, CAN
22 10:00 242 XC 342 Cranbrook, BC, CAN
22 10:00 244 TH 1166 Thompson, MB, CAN
23 07:00 245 YZE 1890 Gore Bay, ON, CAN
22 12:00 245 HNS 865 Haines, ALS
24 09:00 245 FS 1311 ROKKY - Sioux Falls, SD, USA
22 10:00 245 CRR 821 Circle Town County Apt, MT, USA
24 05:00 245 CB 1528 Cambridge Bay, NU, CAN
23 12:00 245 AVQ 1298 Marana Regional Apt, AZ, USA
22 09:00 246 ZXJ 517 Y'Taylor' Fort St. John, BC, CAN
22 09:00 248 ZZP 486 Dead Tree - Queen Charlotte Is, BC, CAN
22 09:00 248 QL 471 Lethbridge, AB, CAN
22 09:00 248 QH 811 Watson Lake, YT, CAN
22 09:00 250 FO 1002 Flin Flon Municipal Apt, MB, CAN
22 12:30 250 2J 220 Grand Forks Municipal Apt, BC, CAN
22 09:00 251 YCD 32 Nanaimo, BC, CAN
22 09:00 251 PWD 850 Plentywood, MT, USA
22 12:30 251 OSE 1708 Oscarville - Bethel Apt, ALS
23 11:30 251 AM 1445 PANDE - Amarillo, TX, USA
24 08:00 253 GB 1324 'Garno' Marshall, MN, USA
22 09:00 254 ZYC 441 Calgary, AB, CAN
22 09:00 254 SM 891 Fort Smith, AB, CAN
24 11:30 256 TQK 1322 Scott City Municipal Apt, KS, USA
22 12:30 256 LSO 188 Kelso - Rocky Point - Kelso, WA, USA
22 12:00 256 EB 537 Namao - CFB Edmonton, AB, CAN
22 09:00 257 XE 757 Saskatoon, SK, CAN
24 09:00 257 SAZ 1329 Staples, MN, USA
22 09:00 257 LW 192 Kelowna - Wood Lake, BC, CAN
22 09:00 258 ZSJ 1324 Sandy Lake Apt, ON, CAN
23 08:00 420 FQ 1422 MONTZ - East Chain, MN, USA
24 09:00 428 POH 1433 Pocahontas Municipal Apt, IA, USA
22 12:00 429 BTS 1571 Wood River - Dillingham, ALS
24 09:00 434 SLB 1410 Storm Lake Municipal Apt, IA, USA
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Thankfully, by this time next month and into October, quieter nights and better propagation will prevail ... fall often produces the best propagation of the year and has always been my favorite time of the year, outdoors and at the dials.
Steve McDonald, VE7SL, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from British Columbia, Canada. Contact him at [email protected].Along with a half dozen M-flares and auroral-producing 'K' indexes of 5-6, most of North America was blanketed with severe thunderstorm activity, always typical of this time of the year. In spite of the poor conditions, several signals did manage to find their way into my log. Sunday night provided the best conditions, with far less thunderstorm activity and a slight improvement in propagation. Saturday night's lightning map looked like this:
courtesy: http://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html |
courtesy: http://www.noaa.gov/ |
Loggings in RED where made on Friday night, GREEN on Saturday night and BLUE on Sunday night.
All stations were heard on the Perseus SDR while using my LF 'inverted-L' resonated at 300KHz.
LOG:
DD UTC kHz Call mi Location
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22 06:00 240 BVS 48 Burlington, WA, USA
22 10:00 241 YLL 648 Lloydminster Municipal Apt, AB, CAN
22 12:30 242 ZT 223 Port Hardy, BC, CAN
22 10:00 242 XC 342 Cranbrook, BC, CAN
22 10:00 244 TH 1166 Thompson, MB, CAN
23 07:00 245 YZE 1890 Gore Bay, ON, CAN
22 12:00 245 HNS 865 Haines, ALS
24 09:00 245 FS 1311 ROKKY - Sioux Falls, SD, USA
22 10:00 245 CRR 821 Circle Town County Apt, MT, USA
24 05:00 245 CB 1528 Cambridge Bay, NU, CAN
23 12:00 245 AVQ 1298 Marana Regional Apt, AZ, USA
22 09:00 246 ZXJ 517 Y'Taylor' Fort St. John, BC, CAN
22 09:00 248 ZZP 486 Dead Tree - Queen Charlotte Is, BC, CAN
22 09:00 248 QL 471 Lethbridge, AB, CAN
22 09:00 248 QH 811 Watson Lake, YT, CAN
22 09:00 250 FO 1002 Flin Flon Municipal Apt, MB, CAN
22 12:30 250 2J 220 Grand Forks Municipal Apt, BC, CAN
22 09:00 251 YCD 32 Nanaimo, BC, CAN
22 09:00 251 PWD 850 Plentywood, MT, USA
22 12:30 251 OSE 1708 Oscarville - Bethel Apt, ALS
23 11:30 251 AM 1445 PANDE - Amarillo, TX, USA
24 08:00 253 GB 1324 'Garno' Marshall, MN, USA
22 09:00 254 ZYC 441 Calgary, AB, CAN
22 09:00 254 SM 891 Fort Smith, AB, CAN
24 11:30 256 TQK 1322 Scott City Municipal Apt, KS, USA
22 12:30 256 LSO 188 Kelso - Rocky Point - Kelso, WA, USA
22 12:00 256 EB 537 Namao - CFB Edmonton, AB, CAN
22 09:00 257 XE 757 Saskatoon, SK, CAN
24 09:00 257 SAZ 1329 Staples, MN, USA
22 09:00 257 LW 192 Kelowna - Wood Lake, BC, CAN
22 09:00 258 ZSJ 1324 Sandy Lake Apt, ON, CAN
23 08:00 420 FQ 1422 MONTZ - East Chain, MN, USA
24 09:00 428 POH 1433 Pocahontas Municipal Apt, IA, USA
22 12:00 429 BTS 1571 Wood River - Dillingham, ALS
24 09:00 434 SLB 1410 Storm Lake Municipal Apt, IA, USA
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Thankfully, by this time next month and into October, quieter nights and better propagation will prevail ... fall often produces the best propagation of the year and has always been my favorite time of the year, outdoors and at the dials.