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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.
The voice mode used for W1AWs 40 meters voice bulletins is now 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 96 in the January 2017 issue
of QST or from the W1AW web page at, www.arrl.org/w1aw .  Auroras
may be visible on the local nights of 30 and 31 December in Tasmania
and possibly from the coastline of Victoria.  The warning said to
expect active geomagnetic conditions on December 30 and 31.  The
past two and a half weeks have seen seven days with zero sunspots,
spread over four periods of one to three days each.  The first was
December 10, then two days over December 16 and 17, then three days
on December 23 to 25 and finally yesterday, December 29.  Over the
latest reporting week, December 22 to 28, average daily sunspot
number was 7.6, down from 11 over the previous seven days.  Average
daily solar flux changed only slightly from 73.2 to 73.6.  Average
daily planetary A index increased from 7.9 to 17.3 and mid latitude
A index from 5.7 to 11.6.  Predicted solar flux is about the same as
recent indices. 72 on December 30, 75 on December 31 through January
6, 79 on January 7 to 9, 77 on January 10 to 13, 75 on January 14 to
19, 73 on January 20 to 23, 75 on January 24 to 27, 77 on January 28
through February 1, 79 on February 2 to 5, and 77 on February 6 to
9.  Predicted planetary A index is 10, 24, 18, 10 and 12 on December
30 through January 3, 24 on January 4 and 5, then 16, 14 and 6 on
January 6 to 8, 5 on January 9 to 13, 10 on January 14, 5 on January
15 and 16, then 25, 20 and 25 on January 17 to 19, 18 on January 20
and 21, 10 on January 22, 5 on January 23 to 25, then 15, 10, 5, 8,
10 and 20 on January 26 to 31, then 22, 16, 14 and 6 on February 1
to 4 and 5 on February 5 to 9.  Sunspot numbers were 12, 0, 0, 0,
13, 14, and 14, with a mean of 7.6. 10.7 cm flux was 74.8, 73.7,
73.1, 72.5, 73.8, 73.7, and 73.3, with a mean of 73.6. Estimated
planetary A indices were 23, 24, 14, 21, 22, 11, and 6, with a mean
of 17.3.  Estimated mid latitude A indices were 15, 17, 10, 12, 15,
8, and 4, with a mean of 11.6.

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