"Les Crossan" wrote in
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Steve Loft wrote:
Our normally poor FM radio reception is even worse than usual at the
moment - we're picking up some Spanish stations quite well where Radio 2
ought to be. Something to do with the weather?

Could be trophospheric ducting (anaprop - which is) or Sporadic - E
(which isn't) Steve.

I don't know if phases of the moon, alien invasions or earthquake
activity have anything to do with it though...

I can't say that it is a good job I do then, as I can't.

It's almost twenty past thundery, so I am not sure. Still learning I
suppose.

Aircraft noise is noticeable -or was yesterday. So it is radical in some
way. (No barrier to the noise from a direct channel? Or upper air
instability causing the controllers to bring them in lower?)

The thundery activity will increase after the fifth, when the lunar
phase is nearer bang-on.

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html


In the days before the Internet I used to take advantage of the earth's
shadow at this time of year to capture fax broadcasts from Australia
there was a period for an hour around dusk when AXI / AXM used to come
hammering in around 7MHz. It was so good some nights I could recieve fax
broadcasts on my hf150 in wideband synchronous AM mode (from Australia!)
and got some cracking images.. Shadow / grey line (??) propogation I
think it was called...

How would one go about getting those?




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