‰ NOW 18 WPM transition file follows‰ w1aw transmits morning fast and slow code practice Tuesday through Friday at 1400z, or 9 am est. visitor operations are Monday through Friday, at 1500 to 1700z, or 10 AM to 12 PM EST, and then from 1800 to 2045z, or 1 PM to 345 PM EST. the revolving schedule of code practices and bulletins, both digital and phone, begin Monday through Friday at 2100z, or 4 PM EST, until 0500z, or 12 AM EST. Beginning in January 2017, the voice mode used for W1AWs 40 meter voice bulletins will be full carrier, double sideband AM. Audio from W1AWs CW code practices, CW/digital bulletins and phone bulletin is available using EchoLink via the W1AW Conference Server named W1AWBDCT. The monthly W1AW Qualifying Runs are presented here as well. The audio is sent in real time and runs concurrently with W1AWs regular transmission schedule. All users who connect to the conference server are muted. Please note that any questions or comments about this server should not be sent via the Text window in EchoLink. Please direct any questions or comments to w1aw at arrl.org. The complete w1aw operating schedule may be found on page 83 in the November 2016 issue of QST or from the W1AW web page at, www.arrl.org/w1aw . At 2347 UTC on November 3 Australias Space Weather Services issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning, Expect Unsettled to Active conditions with periods of Minor Storm levels in the Australian region for the next UT day, 4 November, if a small coronal hole in the Southern hemisphere will become geoeffective. But as of November 3, the prediction from NOAA/USAF for planetary A index for November 4 and 5 is only 10 and 8. Over the past reporting week, October 27 through November 2, we saw two days with no sunspots, October 28 and November 2. Prior to the past week, in recent memory only October 1 had no sunspots either. Average daily sunspot number for the week was 9.1, down from 18.7 over the previous seven days. Average daily solar flux rose, but only slightly from 76.9 to 77.5. Geomagnetic indicators were slightly lower, with average daily planetary A index declining from 20.3 to 18.1, and mid latitude A index from 16.7 to 13.4. Predicted solar flux is 78 on November 4 to 7, 75 on November 8 to 11, then 80, 78 and 75 on November 12 to 14, 73 on November 15 and 16, 78 on November 17 and 18, 77 and 75 on November 19 and 20, 78 on November 21 and 22, 80 on November 23 to 25, 78 on November 26, 80 on November 27 to 29, 78 on November 30, 82 on December 1 to 3, 80 on December 4 and 5, 78 on December 6 and 7, and 80 on December 8 and 9. Predicted planetary A index is 10 and 8 on November 4 and 5, 5 on November 6 to 10, then 10, 15, 18, 10 and 8 on November 11 to 15, 5 on November 16 to 18, and then 8, 15, 54, 42 and 24 on November 19 to 23. Then its 18, 22, 18, 15 and 12 on November 24 to 28, then 8 on November 29 through December 1, then 5 and 8 on December 2 and 3, and 5 on December 4 to 7. Looking at our three month moving average of sunspot numbers, the average sunspot value for August 1 through October 31 was 39. Over the same three month period in 2015 the average was 64.5, and in 2014 it was 108.4. For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service web page. A detailed explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin is also available on this site. An archive of past propagation bulletins is also available. Sunspot numbers were 12, 0, 16, 12, 12, 12, and 0, with a mean of 9.1. 10.7 cm flux was 78.9, 79.2, 79.1, 76.2, 76.7, 76.5, and 76, with a mean of 77.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 28, 17, 27, 18, 11, 11, and 15, with a mean of 18.1. Estimated mid latitude A indices were 18, 16, 18, 13, 8, 9, and 12, with a mean of 13.4. ‰ END OF 18 WPM transition file ƒ