{"id":11225,"date":"2024-10-11T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=11225"},"modified":"2024-10-11T17:13:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:43:50","slug":"excellent-40m-propagation-with-g4-severe-geomagnetic-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/excellent-40m-propagation-with-g4-severe-geomagnetic-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent 40m Propagation with G4 Severe Geomagnetic Storm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MaJadWwn268?si=paZn5EMZEddF0Vct\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhen the last G5 Extreme Geomagnetic Storm occurred in May 2024, I was on 40m and suddenly lost propagation to all the longer distance stations and we could hardly hear nearby stations at about 120 km. 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