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Average daily solar indices over the past week were lower than the
previous seven days, with average daily sunspot number declining
from 40.9 to 13, and average daily solar flux dropping 10 points
from 82.2 to 72.2.  Geomagnetic indicators were higher, with average
daily planetary A index rising from 4.9 to 13.3, and mid latitude A
index from 3.4 to 9.  Predicted solar flux is 72 on December 16 to
20, 75 on December 21 and 22, 88 on December 23 to 27, 86 on
December 28 and 29, 88 on December 30 through January 1, 86 on
January 2 and 3, 84 and 82 on January 4 and 5, 80 on January 6 and
7, 73 on January 8 and 9, 75 on January 10 to 14, 82 on January 15
and 16, 86 on January 17 and 18, 88 on January 19 to 23, 86 on
January 24 and 25 and 88 on January 26 to 28.  Predicted planetary A
index is 5 on December 16, 8 on December 17 and 18, 15 on December
19 and 20, then 25, 28, 12, 10 and 8 on December 21 to 25, and then
5 on December 26 through January 1.  Next it is 8, 10, 20 and 22 on
January 2 to 5, 16 on January 6 and 7, 8 on January 8, 5 on January
9 to 12, 8 on January 13 and 14, then 12, 16, 22 and 30 on January
15 to 18 then 12, 10 and 8 on January 19 to 21, and 5 on January 22
to 28.  From Petr Kolman, OK1MGW, the geomagnetic activity forecast
for the period December 16 to January 11, 2017, Geomagnetic field
will be, Quiet on December 16, 30 and 31, January 10 and 11 Mostly
quiet on December 17, 26 to 29, January 8 and 9 Quiet to unsettled
on December 18 and 19, 23 to 25, January 1 to 3 Quiet to active on
December 20, January 6 and 7 Active to disturbed on December 21 and
22, January 4 and 5 Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal
holes are expected on December 17 to 23, January 2 to 7.  Evan
Rolek, K9SQG of Beavercreek, Ohio wrote, For me, poor propagation is
something that is LOVED. Why? It is easier to make A/B antenna
comparisons and to identify which antenna works the best, then Ill
be ready when propagation improves. Not for me since it will be 5 to
10 years when it gets better, and Ive already submitted my
application to the Silent Key Club.  In conversation with Lee Gordy,
W4KUT, I asked him about 10 and 15 meters at the peak of Cycle 19.
Just after the peak of SS Cycle 19, my only antenna was a 40 meter
dipole up abt 30 or 40 feet, fed with 75 ohm coax.  My xmt VFO was
pretty much stuck on the low end of 40 CW.  I had a Viking Ranger
II, which had a Pi Network output. It could load up bed springs. So,
I could trick the 40 mtr ant into radiating just about ANY
frequency, but with way less than the advertised output power.  One
summer afternoon there was a knock on the door. It was my ham buddy,
Rozy, K4AIP, out of breath, hed just bicycled over from across town.
Not everybody in those days had telephones.  Hey man, I just worked
Nigeria on 15. Fire up your rig. I bet hes still there.  We went
into the shack and tuned up my 40 mtr ant on 15 AM phone, this was
before the proliferation of SSB. And yep, there was the Nigerian at
20 over S9. WOW.  Because of the mismatch, I probably had less than
5 watts ERP. I gave the guy a call. HE CAME BACK to me.  WOW.
Sunspot numbers were 14, 12, 0, 13, 13, 14, and 25, with a mean of
13. 10.7 cm flux was 74.8, 72.9, 72.2, 71.4, 70.8, 71.2, and 72.4,
with a mean of 72.2. Estimated planetary A indices were 23, 25, 16,
15, 6, 4, and 4, with a mean of 13.3.  Estimated mid latitude A
indices were 14, 18, 11, 11, 5, 2, and 2, with a mean of 9.

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