[600MRG] Last night at WD2XSH/20

[Rudy Severns]

Last night was very interesting here.  First I checked my favorite solar 
condx site, www.solen.info/solar/ , and found that we were having a CME 
(coronal mass ejection) event and also a class X flare, so I figured the 
propagation would be interesting.  It was!

My local noise source had drifted well above the band so I could actually 
hear something!  I turned on ARGO and set it up so I could see 
(simultaneously)  Eric's CW beacon (XJM)  on 474.5 kHz, Mike's CW beacon 
(XSH/12), Pat (XSH/6) running QRSS3 at 475.322 kHz and Neil (XSV) running 
QRSS2 a 150 Hz or so above Pat.  The QSB was very deep on a cycle of 
minutes.  Signals varied from zilch to quite readable on the screen although 
the CW beacons were not readable by ear.

But what was most interesting was that the QSB cycle was very different for 
each signal!  I could see the effect of atmospheric turbulence right on the 
screen.  It was a very interesting dance as the stations faded in and out, 
each on a different time scale.

73, Rudy