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(Yesterday, 04:31 PM)tommag Wrote:
(10-31-2024, 11:07 PM)olfart Wrote: I used to have problems in Greenland with HF propagation. Normally I could sit at the top of the ramp on the edge of the ice cap and work CW with the base camp a mile away with just the exciter on the old BC610. Other times I couldn't talk to the base camp with 500 watts.
A mile and 500w, that's pretty extreme! The proton storm must've been off the charts.


proton storm??? Off to google I go
(6 hours ago)Rampy Wrote:
(Yesterday, 04:31 PM)tommag Wrote:
(10-31-2024, 11:07 PM)olfart Wrote: I used to have problems in Greenland with HF propagation. Normally I could sit at the top of the ramp on the edge of the ice cap and work CW with the base camp a mile away with just the exciter on the old BC610. Other times I couldn't talk to the base camp with 500 watts.
A mile and 500w, that's pretty extreme! The proton storm must've been off the charts.


proton storm??? Off to google I go
Protons are one of the things that the sun throws at us. During a solar flare aimed toward us the proton flux can get pretty high. As the proton levels get really high it wipes out hf radio propagation.
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