Last year's start of the season wasn't dismal. It was awful. Yes, we were near or at solar maximum, but it sounded to us like the ionosphere had gone into meltdown. Conditions gradually improved a bit, but it was a lousy year for long-distance MW reception.
The contrast to this year couldn't be greater! And we're not that far away from solar maximum!
September has been a very good month for us, especially up north. Inspired by the conditions, I decided to try to lean in a bit more with my loggings approach. So, I set myself a goal: By the end of each month I will make, and publish, a preliminary log from the Smøla and KONG locations. They are my loggings only, my teammates are much more active, hear more and publish their loggings elsewhere.
Here is the September Log. Please note that I only log stations of personal interest. Stations heard day in and day out are omitted. Like hundreds of AM stations in North America, all high-powered stations, basically everything from China, and more.
Radio logs can be sorted in many ways. This log is sorted by frequency.
Let's see if I can keep up the pace until April! I'd be surprised if I do.
Last Sunday I had to make a quick trip to Kongsfjord. Below is a photo from the starting point of the 310 beverage antenna. That snaky thing going towards my house is the 150-metre coax run.
The photo was taken at 15:23 local and the sun is already quite low, just a week after equinox. But hey! No snow!
2 comments:
I’m curious how loud the WFLF signal was, I’m near their location so that is all I hear on that frequency ever! Good sampling of FL stations.
Don't remember - not very strong anyway. If a station near you isn't heard, its power travels somewhere else...
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