Re: Good Bolivian Night

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>Chuck Rippel wrote:
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>One of my bench mark Bolivians, Radio Illimiani on 4.945.03 is coming 
>in quite strongly as well as the Mexican on 2.389.93.
>
>Despite the solar condx (storm), it may be a good S.AM night.

No, not despite, rather thanks to the solar storm.

It is a well proven fact that solar storms (to a certain degree, of course) 
actually enhance reception of signals coming from a souther signal path. If you 
are living in the Northern Hemisphere, that is.

The reason for this probably is that the solar activity blocks a lot of signals 
around the Northern Pole, thus giving more way for signals with a straight 
southern path. They kind of sneak in below the storm cap up north.

Latin American station in the tropical bands, especially those in Peru and 
Bolivia, are best received when there is a solar storm of moderate strength here
in Scandinavia. Many rare catches has been done during these storms. The 
situation ought to be similar in North America.

So it is always worthwhile to follow the solar reports on WWW. It the solar 
activity is slow and nice: it's medium wave (but not for sure). If, on the other
hand, you have a solar storm in progress: it's time for hunting the tropical 
bands (and this is practically always certain).
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