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WHICH IS THE WEAKEST SOLAR CYCLE ON RECORD.  F2 PROPAGATION HAS BEEN
MINIMAL, ESPECIALLY ON THE UPPER BANDS.  THIS DOESNT MEAN THAT OPENINGS
DONT HAPPEN.  A GOOD WAY TO ASSESS THE PROPAGATION CONDITIONS ON 10 IS TO
USE THE HF BEACONS.  TEN TEN INTERNATIONAL NET WWW. TEN TEN. ORG, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS 10 10, IS AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED SOLELY ON 10 METER ACTIVITIES.
10 10 HAS A LONG LIST OF BEACONS ON THEIR WEBSITE.  THE INTERNATIONAL
BEACON PROJECT IBP IS A PROJECT OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DX FOUNDATION
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AND THE IARU.  IT CONSISTS OF A SYSTEM OF 18 BEACONS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD TRANSMITTING ON THE 20 10 METER BANDS.  EACH BEACON TRANSMITS ITS ID
IN CODE AT A SPECIFIC TIME IN A 3 MINUTE CYCLE.  ON 10 METERS, THE BEACONS
TRANSMIT ON 28R200 MHZ.  WHEN YOU HEAR A BEACON ON THIS 10 METER FREQUENCY,
CHECK THE TIME AND CONSULT THE TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE AT WWW. NCDXF.  ORG/
BEACON/ BEACONSCHEDULE. HTML TO SEE WHERE THE BEACON IS LOCATED AND
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