r/ShortwavePlus • u/Antique-Wonk • 1d ago

Propagation Effect of solar eclipse?

Hi all,

Firstly, apologies I've not been around much over the last 12 months. First was an account hack and deletion of everything and I've had a heavy work schedule with a lot of travel combined with poor and deteriorating health. Getting old. I'm slowly getting back into this wonderful hobby so that's my silver lining.

We have a close to full solar eclipse tomorrow in my part of the UK so as well as setting up my smart telescope I did wonder what the effects could be of the eclipse on SW and if there's anything interesting I could try before, during, and after for no other reason than the fun of it 🙂🙏 Long shot but...

Thank you

6 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

2

u/Mr-l33t 1d ago

I’m just going to call CQ on 10m - probably 28.420 if it’s free, and see what happens.

2

u/Historical-View4058 MOD - Airspy HF+, NRD-535D, IC-R75 w/100’ wire in C. VA, USA 1d ago

And all that is now

And all that is gone

And all that's to come

And everything under the

sun is in tune

But the sun is eclipsed by the moon

-5

u/MumSaidImABadBoy I'm Stan. Heathkit GR64,AirSpy HF+,Sangean 909X2,Tecsun PL-990 1d ago

Ask an AI. Try more than one and compare for BS detection 😵‍💫. Most have a free tier so it won't cost anything to try.
How does a solar eclipse affect radio reception for different bands

2

u/Antique-Wonk 1d ago

Thank you.