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Auroral conditions down in Texas on March 3?

J

jim-satx

In the early morning hours of March 3 when DXers up north were experiencing auroral conditions, I found conditions to be unusual down here in San Antonio as well.

Around 3:30 a.m. CT, I heard 1610 CHHA "Radio Voces Latinas" with a moderate and fairly steady signal. It has never come in this strong before, and there was absolutely no sign of the Caribbean Beacon, which can normally be heard weakly throughout the night here.

Then, on 1640 I logged Spanish-language KBJA in Sandy, UT, for the first time. I've never heard anything but KZLS and WTNI on that frequency in the past, and WTNI was strangely absent during this time.

I've always read that the auroral effects don't reach down this far, but it sure seems like I was experiencing them.
 
I'm a bit confused here, Jim. I'd always thought that 'auroral conditions' meant that you *don't* get any stations from the north. And by default, the stations from the south come in; that the Great Lights swallow as many northern signals as the laws of physics allow.
We were driving in Queens NYC one night, apparently listening during an especially feverish aurora. We took WGBB -- they're on Long Island -- all the way into the Queens Midtown Funnel. On the drive home from Manhattan, next to WGBB, we were getting not the usual, grumbling WTAE Pittsburgh but a weak yet steady WTMA Charleston SC on 1250.

Perhaps the Aurora was out for repairs that night of March 3rd.
 
Hey, Steve. I'm confused as well, thus the question mark in the title. In this case, it was regular stations to the E/SE that were gone, and this was three hours before sunrise - around 3:30 a.m. local time.

Whatever the case, it was some strange propagation that I hope happens again some time soon.
 
I've been experiencing auroral conditions and monitoring with several online SDR receivers, particularly one in Central Indiana. There's been a pipeline into Texas. particularly I've been noting a 990 Spanish Christian station with other 990s muted by the aurora. I still have noted some northern stations (like NYC clears) in while others are missing. You seem to have a pipeline to Toronto while other 1610s in the north have been attenuated.
 
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