‰ NOW 18 WPM transition file follows‰ At 2244 UTC on November 7 the Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning due to a co rotating interaction region ahead of a coronal hole high speed solar wind stream on November 9 and 10. Active geomagnetic conditions are predicted for November 9, and unsettled to active conditions on November 10. We saw another week with no sunspots, and the average daily solar flux softened from 68.6 to 67.7. Average planetary A index rose from 4.4 to 12, while average mid latitude A index went from 3.4 to 8.1. On November 5 the planetary A index rose to 35, while Alaskas college A index went to 44, indicating disturbed conditions. Predicted planetary A index from USAF and NOAA is milder than the Australian prediction, with the outlook for November 9 to 13 at 16, 18, 12, 14, and 10, then 5 on November 14 to 24, and 8 on November 25, 5 on November 26 to 30, then 15, 20, 12 and 8 on December 1 to 4, 5 on December 5 and 6, then 15 and 12 on December 7 and 8, and 5 on December 9 to 23. Predicted solar flux is 70 on November 9 to 12, 68 on November 13 to 16, 69 on November 15, 70 on November 16 and 17, 69 on November 18 and 19, 68 on November 20 through December 8, 70 on December 9 to 14, 69 on December 15 and 16 and 68 on December 17 to 23. Dr. Tamitha Skov posted a new video on November 4. It can be seen at, //youtu.be/y7WMfs2yLg4 . D. Moore and Max White both sent a richly detailed article from the European Space Agency about space weather. It can be seen at, //bit.ly/2PKe9Dz . D. Moore sent another ESA web article. It can be seen at, //bit.ly/2D9zGie . Despite the reports of no sunspots, DX stations were plentiful during the contest sometimes with signals above S9 from my Dune Acres Indiana QTH. And with a TH7 aiming toward Europe I had South Americans calling me off the back of the beam. I think that 15 meters must often be open when it sounds completely dead. This CQ Worldwide contest was a perfect example. I worked over 70 countries just on 15. 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 the ARRL Technical Information Service web page. A detailed explanation of numbers used in this bulletin is also available on this site. An archive of past propagation bulletins is also available. Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations can be found on the ARRL/Propagation web page. Find better information and tutorials on propagation on the K9LA web site. Sunspot numbers were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 66.8, 67.6, 67.4, 66.6, 68.3, 68.8, and 68.7, with a mean of 67.7. Estimated planetary A indices were 5, 4, 4, 16, 35, 10, and 10, with a mean of 12. Estimated mid latitude A indices were 5, 3, 3, 7, 22, 9, and 8, with a mean of 8.1. ‰ END OF 18 WPM transition file ƒ