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« on: August 18, 2022, 1933 UTC »
Last night on Aug 17/18, we had aurora borealis over northern Poland again!
I did not see it in the sky, but I was surprised by such a poor propagation in the 49m band that I checked if my antennas were hanging in their place.
I was especially oversensitive because the day before I launched another 120m Sky Loop antenna, suspended at a height of 37m above the ground. I am a bit disappointed with it - I expected fireworks,
and here it is just so-so. I'm glad it's just different from my big low SL that I'm staring at.
It just has a different signal and noise level, different angles and directions of the flaps.
In these antennas, the length of the circumference is more important than the height of the suspension.
I will write about the details in the Equipment thread after a few days of observation and VNA measurements.
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