Log 2023-6-21

Wednesday 2023-6-21, Summer solstice at 14.57 UTC, length of daytime 19 h 15 min at the remote QTH, sunset at 20 UTC

Fairly calm ionosphere, Bz erratic: +1 .. +6 nT, constant static hassle and crashes from Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia +S1-4

6290      17.44     unid, S3-5, Sweet - Fox on the Run, cd 17.50

6280      17.48     unid, S3-5, occ. covered by ute 6281-85, amateurs on freq, Uriah Heep - Gypsy Queen, hard rock tracks

6960      18.40     unid, S4-6, jazz tracks, at 19.55: instr. "La Mer" = "Beyond the Sea", more jazz tracks, more jazz tracks, S5-7

Fairly calm ionosphere, Bz erratic and dropping: +5 > -7 nT, noise: floor SW=S0, floor MW=S1, constant static hassle and crashes from Finland, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, France, Spain +S1-3

5140      20.53     Charleston, S5-7

5880      20.57     Rock Revolution, S5-7, occ. ute 5877-82, Toto - Africa, id 21.00

1645      21.03     unid, S3-5, "Goede avond dit is de Firma XX", "Dit is de XX Radio", cd 21.04

1665      21.05     unid, S5-7, Dave Berry - Now, Drafi Deutscher - Marmor Stein und Eisen Brich