AIH91 report Day 4 – Tuesday 11.12.2018
4th day and weather was fine – sky was clear and we could see stars, probably Venus and red Moon. Temperature dropped to -18C but it warmed back up to -12C. The day went with some outdoor activities, radio listening and beer drinking. Although forecast said that the geomagnetic field would be quiet, we got Tromsa K-indexes from zero to five during the day.
We have not checked much of nighttime files – South American (especially Brazil and LaPlata) propagation was down. At 07Z stateside started to rise and what an opening it was. Condx were peaking to the states of MT, NV, ID, UT, WA, OR, CA and BC in Canada. 0800z hour sounded good but then 0900z hour was probably the best ever we’ve had in Aihkiniemi. Those files are still in process but we already got several first timers for us: 580 KMJ Fresno CA, 650 CISL Richmond BC, 700 KXLX Airway Heights WA, 720 KDWN Las Vegas NV, 750 KERR Polson MT, 890 KYWN Meridian ID, 930 KMPT East Missoula MT (afaik FFF!), 990 KTMS Santa Barbara CA, 1050 KBLE Seattle WA, 1060 KDYL South Salt Lake UT (using its daytime power) 1390 KLTX Long Beach CA, 1460 KTYM Inglewood CA (2nd time in Finland?), 1540 KMPC Los Angeles CA and KBLA Santa Monica CA. But more will be found from the files for sure.
Band opened to Hawaiji as well. It was open already at 0800z and then 1400z. 900 KMVI Kahului HI was the new one.
From Asia we noticed that propagation is really getting better as Japan was strong from time to time. Nothing was heard during NHK1 sign-on at 20z but some NHK2s were strong at their sign-off at 1540z. We also noticed few Aussie-stations: at least 1548 and 1620 were audible and then later few possible 6th district stations.
Our dinner was this time Aihkiniemi Ramen Wok with pork, beef and vegetables. The best beers were Olutmylly Rautarouva pils and Lockeby Imperial Stout.
