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Photo K. Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, Space Weather Woman(left), kindlytakingtimeoutforaphotowithDebbie, KC9ULA, and Ron, KOØZ, at the Dayton Hamvention. (Photo by KOØZ)
sounded “normal.
” When I told him what he was experiencing, we both had a good chuckle. He was also relieved there was nothing wrong with his transceiver. Not all geomagnetic storms produce aurora propagation, but it is always worth checking.
Space Weather Woman
As we’ve seen, space weather impacts our planet in several ways. A tremendous and entertaining resource is Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW. Dr. Skov is an avid solar physicist and she creates a space weather forecast video which can be found on her website, <www.spaceweatherwoman.com>. She is known as the “Space Weather Woman, ” and both my wife and I heard her speak at the Dayton Hamvention® a few years back (Photo K). She is a gifted speaker, and her forecast is worth watching and I highly recommend it to you.
Space Weather & DX
Hopefully, I haven’t bored you this month by going a bit deeper into the “propagation weeds. ” Space weather and its impact on DXing is fascinating. It’s nice to offer an educated guess as to why DX is to be found one day and just a day later the band seems to have “died. ” Next month, we’ll go into planetary indices such as SFI, A and K values. Thank you for reading CQ. I hope to hear you on the bands, space weather permitting.
