Good Evening,
There was little noise on either band. QSB was mild, except for
those east of the Rockies on 40 meters. There was a flutter on all of
you. Mostly it was reports of a chilly drizzle. Wind too. Cold wind.
Snow is in my forecast, sometimes I look forward to it.
I created some antenna radiation patterns as 3D objects last night.
They are running on my 3D engine. Its simple hidden face algorithm is
very confused with the toroidal pattern of a loop antenna. Sometimes
the mistakes make the most interesting displays. Once I tame them down
I will add a UI to control a few of the parameters. Height above ground
changes the patterns, sometime drastically. I had forgotten how much
fun it was to write these models. This morning I wrote a new Bessel
function solver for the loop antenna. Machines are much faster than
when I first wrote this code. I can step more finely for a smoother
image. I need to write a better hidden surface routine.
On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND
NO8V - John - MI
W3NP - Dave - WV
K4JPN - Steve - GA
K6XK - Roy - IA
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
K2HYD - Ray - VA
7047.5 kHz at 0030z:
K6PJV - Dale - CA
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
AE6JV - Jim - NH
K4WJ - John - FL
W8OV - Dave - TX
Signals were loud today. Solar flux was up but I'm not sure what
happened to that solar breeze. I did not hear it at all.
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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"If you would compliment Polybius you would not have to eat lentils."
"If I eat lentils I don't have to compliment Polybius."
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