[HCRA] new solar cycle prediction

[gjcollins at cox.net]

Hi Mike,

What time of day have you been working 40-meter DX?  I been watching 30 
meters lately and it seems to pickup later in the afternoon (3 PM or so).  I 
don't usually have time to listen on 40 until 8 or 9 PM.

73,

kc1v

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike DeChristopher" <k1kaa at arrl.net>
To: <HCRA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:58 PM
Subject: [HCRA] new solar cycle prediction


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> Holy solar cycle, Batman!
>
> The SWPC has released a new prediction for cycle 24.  I figure most of you
> have seen it already, but if you haven't, here it is:
> http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SolarCycle/index.html.
>
> To paraphrase, the longer the solar minimum, the lesser the solar maximum.
> That isn't so good, but anything is better than this.  The 10.7cm flux is
> actually ahead of the curve, heading back up (hopefully).  The sunspot
> number will get to 25 just after 2010, and eventually reach maximum just
> after 2013.  They don't quite know just how big [or small] this maximum
> will be, but will know for sure when they figure out where the minimum
> was.  Currently, the minimum is thought to be August, 2008, but as we
> continue on the 0 sunspot trend, that minimum shifts ahead.
>
> In other news, 40m has been fantastic.  The DX can now come up to 7200;
> you no longer need to work split (aside from a few of the DX who prefer
> it).  I've worked more 40m DX in the past few weeks than on all the other
> bands combined.  Happy radio'ing,
>
>
> -- 
> Mike DeChristopher, K1KAA
> http://www.k1kaa.net
> AR-Cluster node telnet://dx.413ma.org
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