Not Much Skywave These Days

[David Tomm]

Some co-workers of mine reported seeing the "Northern Lights" earlier  
this week in parts of the midwest and south.  One person in Wisconsin  
was telling me that he saw it up there and that the skywave was next to  
nothing--just the nearby locals coming in on AM.  Maybe the lingering  
effects of the Aurora Borealis is what's causing the diminished  
skywave.  I'm sure one of the more technical people on this list can  
elaborate on this...

--Dave Tomm
"Mike Thomas"



On Nov 12, 2004, at 5:59 PM, Laurence Glavin wrote:

> Since Monday, I've noticed that AM skywave has been greatly
> diminished, thus allowing me to pick up eastern Massachusetts
> stations that are usually swamped by distant signals.  Chief
> among these have been the AirAmerica twins WKKS-AM 1430/WKOX-AM 1200,
> plus WTTT, Boston, transmitting from Lexington, and WEIM-AM
> 1280 in Fitchburg.  (WEIM has always been my touchstone for
> diminished skywave because it is usually battered
> even before sunset by stations in NYC and Canada.).  In fact,
> it seems MORE difficult to get WFAN and WCBS from Long Island
> Sound well after dark than during the day.  Also WOR and WABC are
> very faint.  Speaking of stations in the 7s, yes I can also
> pick up WJIB on butterfly-breath power.  I don't know if there's
> been sunspot activity or cyclical terrestrial events, and of
> course it could change any minute now (although the aforementioned
> stations are coming in well right now: Friday at 6:00 pm EST).
>
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