Loud and Clear via Aurora

(Source: www.swpc.noaa.gov)

Mike, KA3JAW, wrote that the reason for the loud and clear transatlantic signals heard here on Wednesday evening was because during that time, aurora was active between my Connecticut location and Polskie Radio Jedynka in Solec Kujaski, Poland.

The center of the aurora was near 60°N 37.5°W (see figure above). The orange line indicates the path between my location and Poland. The thin yellow line is the mid-point at 2,024 miles.

A minor G-1 class geomagnetic storm was the result of a coronal hole spewing both low and high speed streams of solar winds towards Earth, which sparked the aurora.

Loud and Clear

Transatlantic long wave broadcast stations were loud and clear here Wednesday evening. Some of the stations were louder and clearer than I have ever heard them and I logged one new station:

Polskie Radio Jedynka on 225 kHz at 0030 UTC transmitting 1 million watts from Solec Kujawski, Poland, 4048 miles to the northeast.

Previously logged, but probably louder and clearer than when I originally logged them:

Radio Mediterranee Internationale in Nador, Morocco on 171 kHz

Europe 1 in Felsberg, Germany on 183 kHz

Rikisutvarpid RUV Ras 1 in Gufuskalar, Iceland on 189 kHz

BBC 4 in London, England on 198 kHz

RTL in Beidweiler, Luxembourg on 234 kHz

Radio Algerienne in Tipaza, Algeria on 252 kHz

Radio equipment used: ICOM IC-R8600 receiver, 80-meter dipole antenna, ICOM IC-AH700 disco antenna.