As part of the Yasme Foundation project to provide additional Reverse Beacon Network nodes in underserved areas, the equipment has been provided to a team in northern Finland. The latest node to become active is currently hosted by Radio Arcala, OH8X, very close to the Lapland (OH9) Region..

Further study of the Polar Path

A mysterious propagation mode called Polar Path exists in Northern Europe during the winter season. At and above the Arctic Circle in the middle of the night, this propagation offers a footprint covering the entire North American continent for many hours.

This occurs in spite of the stations being within the Aurora Oval. Only

100 miles to the south, there is no such propagation at all. A few far- northern stations have taken advantage of this opportunity, such as SJ2W holding the 20 meter CQ WW record and OH8X winning CQ WW Europe on 20 meters ten times straight.

Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, has tentatively studied the Polar Path and expects that two independent propagation scenarios need to co-exist to create this interesting path. The OH8X RBN node would further help the study of the Polar Path in which Radio Arcala will be cooperating with the northern scientific community.

The RBN node receiver is currently located at the Radio Arcala station, OH8X; 65 11 03N & 26 14 53E, but may later move even farther north to be at the heart of this unique Auroral Region of the Arctic Circle.

Yasme Foundation - http://www.yasme.org

Reverse Beacon Network - http://www.reversebeacon.net