Cycle 24 Screenshot Project | 25 March 2012

Good morning from the shackadelic near the beach where another minor storm is chugging across the central coast of California. We need the rain because the county is running a 2 inch deficit going into Spring. Also, there are two interesting articles to read, the first at DX World where N6PSE (Intrepid DX Group) talks to a new QSL model, secondly at DxCoffee, where two Italian wireless operators will launch a signal from Mount Blanc tentatively planned for March 31st or April 14th, weather willing for the team.

Five Cities flash report suggests flat ionospheric conditions thus far in WPX SSB as 10m (top) propagates toward Central and South America in addition to Caribbean signals filling this spectrum space. It was reported that a hoped for opening into Asia did not materialize on 15m (middle) for Saturday afternoon? It will be a major dent in the prefix count. In contrast, a path opened briefly into Europe on 20m Friday night around 0500 UTC however it went completely flat Saturday morning.

Definition
Equinox as defined in the Glossary Solar Terrestrial Terms is, "One of two points of intersection of the celestial equator and the ecliptic. The sun passes through the vernal equinox on about 21 March and through the autumnal equinox on about 22 September."

Turn on, tune up, operate.