[K3PZN-List] Solar numbers

[Jim]

Curt, 
  The daily numbers by themselves will mess up the calculations  if you use ICECAP, VOACAP etc take what they call the smoothed average (which is the running monthly average) and average the daily number with it  and you are better off .. or better yet just use the running monthly average.  
  
Also for those that don't know there have been many openings over the last 2 weeks to the south pacific on 6m  for both SSB and CW.  I personally have not worked that area but many in CONUS have.  Also there have been several SA openings.. watch the FoF2 maps .. openings have been happening say... 1800 local time on until maybe 2200 local 
  
Prefixes  heard/worked  
  
VK9d, 
CX9 
ZL1 
ZL2 
VK6 
VK4 
E51 
LU 
VP8 (SEVERAL FALKLAN ISLAND STATIONS) 
PY 
  
Jim 

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Pete 

nice posting!  I have been managing a little DX at sunset on 12 meters (both CW and SSB) to the Pacific regions.  I suggest everyone with a rig and antenna enjoy the ions some over the next few months, as we may not see this again for a while (each sunspot cycle is said to be around 11 years long).   


I have also learned (if that is still possible ...) that its not the daily number that describes today's propagation, but the overall trend.  Nonetheless, about now things are as good as they might get this sunspot cycle.   


K9LA has done some interesting webinars on propagation -- we should see if he has anything available on video we could use at a future club meeting?  If there is interest in this stuff -- his presentations are quite practical.   


CUL Curt 



On Thursday, October 23, 2014 9:55 AM, wo3l <wo3l at comcast.net> wrote: 
  


Why does this always happen when I'm up against a deadline at work? 


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Peter Morton <mortonph at comcast.net> </div><div>Date:10/23/2014  09:09  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: CCARC <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net> </div><div>Subject: [K3PZN-List] Solar numbers </div><div> 
</div>Wow. 

Solar flux this morning is 216!  Sunspot number is 123! 

Time for some DX chasing. 

-Pete, W3GVX 
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