Lou Josephs in Washington reports the following observations at 1200 UTC:
No 16 meters
No 19 meters
no 22 or 25 meters
9 mhz 31 meters only hearing relays from CBC Sackville
No Australia or other hf broadcasters
6 mhz Could barely hear RN via Sackville.
Basically inaudible.
Update at 1630 UTC:
Awful condtions
NO WWV at all on any freq.
15190 is the only thing on 19 and it’s low and noisy
no DR gene Scott or 25 or 22 meters
11530 only thing on 25 today
no RFI in 16 meter land
Biggest thing noticed is the very high solar noise level.
At 1630, our Space Weather page was still reporting an M class flare and a solar storm. Don’t forget you can avail yourself of our online audio service while shortwave reception is poor.
on Oct 29th, 2003 at 22:35
Conditons at 2200 UTC are still tough sleding.
AM reception on daylight paths was very strong, from Washington DC I could hear Philly MW stations which I normally can’t hear til dusk or nighttime.
Will be hunting T/a’s tonight