[HCARC] Solar Activity 4

[Kerry]

There were 2 more C-class flares today, both from the older sunspot 
group.  The 2 sunspot groups seem to be taking turns, one day the flares 
are from the new group and then the next day the flares are from the 
older group.  The last 2 or 3 days there as been a single small sunspot 
in a new small active region between the two larger groups.  This hasn't 
been counted as new group yet probably because the single sunspot keeps 
appearing and disappearing.  There is a chance it might grow and make 
things even more interesting.  The solar flux value for today was 90 so 
it is still slowly climbing.  There have been a lot of indications of 
sporadic E on the ionograms the last several days.  It probably doesn't 
make it to 6 m but it probably does help out 20 and maybe 15 and 10 m.  
When I lived in San Antonio in the 70's and 80's, a solar flux value of 
100 in September was high enough to open the 10 m CW band to central 
Europe some mornings.  In spite of the poor conditions I believe we're 
getting close to some interesting conditions - but no promises!  Keep 
checking 15 m to the NE in the morning and NW in the evening.

Kerry