[TVARC] Fwd: ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA

Fri Sep 25 14:30:36 EDT 2020

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73,
Tony/K4QR
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> From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> Date: September 25, 2020 at 13:06:55 EDT
> To: tonyhackenberg at icloud.com
> Subject: ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA
> 
> SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP039
> ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA
> 
> ZCZC AP39
> QST de W1AW  
> Propagation Forecast Bulletin 39  ARLP039
> From Tad Cook, K7RA
> Seattle, WA  September 25, 2020
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB PROP ARL ARLP039
> ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA
> 
> Until September 23, we saw 32 consecutive days with no sunspots.
> Then we saw new sunspot group AR2773 which has a magnetic signature
> indicating it is part of new Solar Cycle 25.
> 
> Spaceweather.com noted it was a weak one, and may not
> persist for long. The daily sunspot number for September 23 was 13,
> indicating three sunspots visible in that group. But the next day
> that sunspot was gone.
> 
> Average daily solar flux rose from 69.2 to 71.1 this week (September
> 17-23). Geomagnetic indicators were about the same, with average
> daily planetary A index declining from 5.3 to 5.1.
> 
> Predicted solar flux for the following 45 days on Wednesday,
> September 23 was 73 on September 24 through October 1, and 70 on
> October 2 through November 2.
> 
> The next day that forecast was revised to a predicted solar flux of
> 70 on every day until November 8. But on Thursday, September 24 the
> solar flux was 73.6, closely matching the previous day's forecast.
> 
> Predicted planetary A index is 15, 12, 25 and 15 on September 25-28,
> 8 on September 29-30, 5 on October 1-10, 10 on October 11, 5 on
> October 12-19, then 10, 12, 16, 28, 18 and 10 on October 20-25, then
> 5 on October 26 through November 6, 10 on November 7 and back to 5
> on November 8.
> 
> Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 25 to October
> 20, 2020 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.
> 
> "Geomagnetic field will be:
> quiet on: October 6-7 
> quiet to unsettled on: October 5, 8-9, 13-16, 18 
> quiet to active on: September 30, October 1-2, (3-4, 10, 12, 17,) 19 
> unsettled to active: September 25-26, 28-29, (October 11, 20) 
> active to disturbed: (September 27)
> 
> "Solar wind will intensify on: September (27-28,) 29-30, October 1,
> 13-14, (15, 21,) 22.
> 
> "- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement."
> 
> Note the OK1HH forecast sees active to disturbed conditions on
> September 27, which matches our (actually NOAA and USAF) A index
> prediction of 25 on that date. Note this disturbance returns about
> 30 days later with A index of 28 on October 23.
> 
> A great article on tracking sunspot cycles can be found at:
> https://bit.ly/33Pifza .
> 
> Ken, N4SO on the Alabama Gulf Coast reports that he hears three 15
> meter beacons daily on 21.150 MHz, LU4AA in Argentina, OA4B in Peru,
> and YV5B in Venezuela. These are part of the NCDXF beacon network,
> and he rarely hears the 1 watt transmission. At the other power
> levels they are S3-S4.
> 
> See https://www.ncdxf.org/beacon/beaconlocations.html .
> 
> Several days ago, a new weekly Space Weather video from Dr. Tamitha
> Skov, WX6SWW:
> 
> https://youtu.be/sitciVFVsfM
> 
> If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
> email the author at, k7ra at arrl.net .
> 
> For more information concerning radio propagation, see
> http://www.arrl.org/propagation and the ARRL Technical Information
> Service web page at, at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals.
> For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see
> http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
> 
> An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
> http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good
> information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.
> 
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> 
> Sunspot numbers for September 17 through 23, 2020 were 0, 0, 0, 0,
> 0, 0, and 13, with a mean of 1.9. 10.7 cm flux was 69.7, 69.9, 70.6,
> 70.2, 71.3, 72.4, and 73.3, with a mean of 71.1. Estimated planetary
> A indices were 4, 5, 3, 4, 3, 6, and 11, with a mean of 5.1. Middle
> latitude A index was 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 5, and 10, with a mean of 5.
> NNNN
> /EX
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