We live at 36 degrees North which is too far South to
get most of the auroral events so if there was anything to hear
here, I missed it but when I started tuning around, WWV at 5 MHZ
sounded weird with traces of flutter but the real odd reception
was in and around the 49-meter broadcast band. There was a
broadcast in Spanish which sounded as if the carrier was on
fire. There was a deep roar and rumble nd speech was almost
unintelligible though it was very loud. It was loud and
distorted and one could really hear the rumble if listening to
the frequency as a CW signal. Imagine a tone with a pronounced
watery gargle to it.

	As I tuned around between 5 and 12 or so megahertz,
there were plenty of signals but not as many as there should be
around local Sunset. Amateur signals on 40 sounded normal for
signals within the United states but I bet the DX wasn't good
for much of that evening.

	I usually listen for television video carriers for
Channel 2 and I heard nothing at all save for our local cable
leakage at 55.25 MHZ.

	The WWB geomagnetic update at 0:18 showed an A index of
117, actually higher than the Solar flux. That is impressive.

	I have been lucky enough to hear one true auroral event
in my life and that was in the early 90's. It was a dandy and
people also saw aurora here. I heard 8's 9's and 0's on 2 meters
with CW sounding like modulated steam rather than a nice clear
note. I never heard an SSB station but I don't think one would
have been able to copy it due to the frequency distortion.

	An hour or so later, it all slowly faded away but it was
fun to listen to while it lasted.

Martin

howard kaufman writes:
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