[GCARC] 15m wide open to EU now

[Christopher Wawak]

I was firmly resigned to not having a good sunspot season .. let's hope
that this is just a taste of what's to come!

73 kc2ieb chris

On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 6:19 AM Jim n2gxj <jim.n2gxj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Morning update to add to this:
>
> HF vertical sounders are showing FoF2 critical frequency can use for NVIS
> (vertical signal reflects back down to you) at frequencies as high as
> 15Mhz in some places on the planet this morning. This is resulting in MUF
> predictions for 3000 KM skips on frequencies as high as 47 Mhz where it is
> afternoon right now (western Australia as I type this).  Details at
> https://prop.kc2g.com/ for live view of these sounder's data.
>
> To help explain what might be behind this, at https://spaceweather.com/ we
> can see "Angry sunspot faces Earth" as a feature story.
>
> Anecdotal: At 5:30am, before sunrise, I was able to make FT8 contact with
> Australia on 20M using just a wire dipole in attic of my house, which I
> suspect was a long path based on the above data.
>
> This may be an interesting Saturday for any licensed ham who can get on 10
> meters!
> We will see!
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 5:34 PM Agustin Neron Properties LLC <
> ab2e at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Amazing, don't think the SFI has been this high since the peak of the
> last
> > cycle!
> > 73
> > Darrell AB2E
> >
> > > On 04/22/2022 5:30 PM kk2l at comcast.net wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Solar flux index is 163 and there are 119 sunspots currently!!
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > > Mark
> > > KK2L
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> > > Behalf Of Agustin Neron Properties LLC
> > > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022 4:43 PM
> > > To: gcarc at mailman.qth.net
> > > Subject: [GCARC] 15m wide open to EU now
> > >
> > > Stations coming in 599+ on 15CW at the moment from EU.
> > > Wall to wall SSB as well from EU.
> > > Unusual for EU this late in the day on 15.
> > > 73 Darrell AB2E
> > >
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-- Chris