Radio experience survey

[GeorgeF.]

Another hobby of mine is Shortwave Listening and Scanning, mostly Military 
type communications.

Today has been very bad radio wise.   US Coast Guard comms are nearly 
dead.  CAMSLANT Chesapeake (located near Virginia Beach) is having next to 
impossible times communicating with USCG Helos and C-130s who normally 
patrol the Gulf and Atlantic coast lines of Florida.    Here in Daytona I 
can hear both Chesapeake as well as the aircraft.  However the two stations 
can't hear each other.....

When these solar storms act up it can make ALL forms of communication 
difficult.

I wouldn't worry too much about R/C however.   The reason is that you're 
receiver and transmitter is very close to each other.   Most comms you're 
hearing about having problems are comms between stations separated by many 
miles to 1,000's of miles.

For more information about my "other" hobby you can check out my website at 
http://www.MilAirComms.com

George
http://www.MilAirComms.com
http://www.MilAircomms.com/shack.html  <- Pictures of my "other" radios

At 01:45 PM 5/30/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Considering the following:
>
>Solar Storm Will Be Felt on Earth Friday
>
>BOULDER, Colorado, May 29, 2003 (ENS) - A solar flare traveling towards
>Earth at a speed of three million miles per hour, is expected to impact the
>Earth's magnetic field sometime between 2 to 8 am EDT on Friday, according
>to the Space Environment Center operated by the National Oceanic and
>Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder.
>The storm is expected to reach strong to severe levels (G-3 to G-4) on the
>NOAA Space Weather Scales, which can adversely affect satellite operations
>in Earth orbit and power grids on the Earth's surface.
>
>A complex sunspot region near the center of the sun has produced three major
>flares in the last 48 hours, NOAA says. A strong solar wind was observed in
>response to the first two events. The three Coronal Mass Ejections
>associated with the flares ejected billions of tons of plasma and charged
>particles into space.
>
>The third coronal mass ejection is the one presently heading towards Earth.
>
>A solar radiation storm is also in progress in association with the flare
>activity, and all flares reached R-3 on the NOAA radio blackout scale.
>
>In addition, there is a good chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis in the
>mid-latitudes after midnight on May 30, NOAA says.
>
>The Space Environment Center website is online at:
><http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/>http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/
>
>I am sure we would all like to here of any Radio annomallies that are 
>experienced leading into this time and the next several days.
>
>
>John Ferrell
>6241 Phillippi Rd
>Julian NC 27283
>Phone: (336)685-9606
><mailto:johnferrell at earthlink.net>johnferrell at earthlink.net
>Dixie Competition Products
>NSRCA 479 AMA 4190  W8CCW
>"My Competition is Not My Enemy"

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