[OKDXA] Solar Flux 85

[John Geiger]

What is the new radio?


--- wade norris <aam6eok at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> The CTARC Radio Club WD5IYF will be doing the wpx
> contest trying out new
> radio and  wire antenna.
> Hope to work bunch of yall
> 
> Wade
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Doug
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:32 AM
> To: n5pa at n5pa.com; 'Discussion of OKDXA'
> Subject: RE: [OKDXA] Solar Flux 85
> 
> One of the two of us will be on in the WPX, just not
> sure if it'll be me or
> the XYL yet!
> 
> 73, Doug W5GA
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of N5PA
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:06 AM
> To: 'Discussion of OKDXA'
> Subject: [OKDXA] Solar Flux 85
> 
> 
> The Solar Flux is at 85 this morning even though the
> A-Index is 22 and the
> K-Index is 4.  Propagation is better but with more
> geomagnetic noise.  At
> least it gets the 20 through 10 meter band
> conditions from Poor to Fair.  It
> should be interesting this weekend with the WPX
> contest.  They are
> predicting that the A-Index will drop to 15 today,
> 10 tomorrow, and 8 on
> Sunday.  The K-Index will also drop to 3 today and 2
> for tomorrow and
> Sunday.  The Solar Flux should stay steady at 85
> through the weekend. Sunday
> should be the best day for DX over the next three
> days with lower
> geomagnetic noise.
> 
>  
> 
> I notice that Bernie McClenny, W3UR was stating this
> morning that there were
> three sunspots traversing the sun but that they were
> Cycle 23 sunspots and
> not Cycle 24 sunspots because of the polarity of the
> sunspots.  So it
> appears that we have yet to officially start Cycle
> 24.  So far Cycle 23 has
> been almost 12 years in the making.  It looks as
> though the scientists are
> hedging their bets on Cycle 24 with half saying we
> will only get to a
> Smoothed Sunspot Number of 90 while the other half
> says we will get up
> around 140.  We have been able to work some great DX
> at the bottom of the
> solar cycle but I for one will be glad to see the
> Solar Flux above 100 and
> rising again.
> 
>  
> 
> Anyone contesting this weekend in WPX?
> 
>  
> 
> 73,
> 
> Alan, N5PA 
> 
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