[OKDXA] Sunspots (and lack of them)

[Charette, Douglas]

I've seen a couple as well, and this is by far the worst.  From watching
the K7RA reports, the scientists are just as surprised as the rest of
us.  Nobody knows when the upswing will happen...just that it will.
Until then, the low bands are your friend.  My experience with 160 this
winter bears this out with 75 new entities worked...starting with 5 last
fall.

73 Doug W5GA

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:okdxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:53 PM
To: dx-is at yahoogroups.com; okdxa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [OKDXA] Sunspots (and lack of them)


I have been through a couple of solar cycles, being first licensed in
1980 and getting bit by the DX bug in 1981. I have also seen a couple of
solar minimums, but have any of you seen a solar minimum this bad?
Seems like the solar minimum started around late 2006 and 2 1/2 years
later it is still here!  Any idea as to what is going on or when the
sunspots will start appearing again?  Wish we could get a 2.5 to 3 year
peak!

73s John AA5JG


      

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