{"id":59520,"date":"2024-04-14T07:56:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59520"},"modified":"2024-04-14T07:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T11:56:05","slug":"richs-propagation-observations-during-the-total-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/richs-propagation-observations-during-the-total-solar-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich’s propagation observations during the total solar eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Rich Stahl, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Ocean View NJ, our eclipse started at 2:08, 3:23 totality, and ended 4:35. We have a daytimer here on 1020, WWAC, at 1900 watts, and I was curious if KDKA, at 50kw, also on 1020, would have any presence during the event. I used my Tecsun PL330, on the internal ferrite antenna, and did a band scan 530-1710 every fifteen minutes to see what it would capture. From 2:15 up to the 3:45 scan, the radio captured between eight and ten signals per scan. Up to this point, the sun still had the D layer fully ionized. But after the mid point, the 4:00 scan had 19 captures, the 4:15 scan had 38, and the 4:30 scan had 36. The D layer had obviously de-ionized considerably. The very next scan, at 4:45, captures back down to 9. The sun was back in business. And never did I hear a peep out of KDKA.<\/p>\n

Rich Stahl
\nWR3V
\nOcean View, NJ<\/p>\n

Thank you for sharing your findings, Rich! Perhaps others can comment with their observations as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rich Stahl, who writes: In Ocean View NJ, our eclipse started at 2:08, 3:23 totality, and ended 4:35. We have a daytimer here on 1020, WWAC, at 1900 watts, and I was curious if KDKA, at 50kw, also on 1020, would have any presence during the event. I used […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,810],"tags":[10463,7191],"class_list":["post-59520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-space-weather","tag-2024-solar-eclipse","tag-rich-stahl-wr3v"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fu0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18209,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/iss-slow-scan-tv-reception-opportunities-in-april\/","url_meta":{"origin":59520,"position":0},"title":"ISS Slow Scan TV reception opportunities in April","author":"Thomas","date":"April 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) ISS Slow Scan TV in April ARISS reports that International Space Station (ISS) Slow Scan Television (SSTV) transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM may take place between April 11-15, 2016 The schedule for the ARISS commemorative event is currently: \u2022 Setup and activation on April 11 about 18:25\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ISS","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ISS.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ISS.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ISS.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44539,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/nasas-scan-testbed-was-an-orbiting-multi-function-sdr\/","url_meta":{"origin":59520,"position":1},"title":"NASA’s SCAN testbed was an orbiting multi-function SDR","author":"Thomas","date":"July 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan (VR2HF) who writes: \"This looks like the world's most expensive SDR to me. 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