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According to Spaceweather.com, as of June 5 there have been no
sunspots for 17 days in a row. Average daily solar flux went to 69.5
this reporting week, May 30 through June 5, from 67.4 in the
previous seven days. Average daily planetary A index declined from
7.3 to 5.6, while mid latitude A index went from 8.1 to 5.  Last
week I mentioned that sunspots should return soon, based on the
predicted solar flux, but those projections have softened. On June 6
the 45 day predicted solar flux was 70 on June 7 to 14, 72, 72 and
71 on June 15 to 17, 70 on June 18 to 29, 71 on June 30, 72 on July
1 to 13, 71 on July 14, and 70 on July 15 to 21.  Predicted
planetary A index is 8, 10 and 8 on June 7 to 9, 5 on June 10 to 22,
then 8, 10, 12 and 8 on June 23 to 26, 5 on June 27 to 29, 8 on June
30 through July 2, 5 on July 3 and 4, 8 on July 5 and 6, 5 on July 7
to 19, then 8 and 10 on July 20 and 21.  Spaceweather.com sent this
alert on June 5, A DAYTIME METEOR SHOWER IS UNDERWAY. Radars in the
northern hemisphere are pinging with activity as one of the
strongest meteor showers of the year takes place in broad daylight.
The source of the shower is sungrazing Comet 96P/Machholz.  Dick
Bingham, W7WKR alerted us to this, and wrote, What a fine 6 meter
opening this afternoon. I copied many of you on FT8 working across
the country. The one I really would have enjoyed capturing was NW1P
in FN67, probably the only person in the USA there.  Listening to
all the meteor echoes was impressive. Seemed like up to 10 per
MINUTE for a while.  NH6Y 19/05/25 1859Z 50313.0 FN07 ES BL10 TU FT8
qso and grid VE2XK NH6Y 19/05/25 1857Z 50313.0 DN70MQ ES BL10TS K0GU
No Hawaii from Kansas, but logged KP4EIT and KP4AJ on 50 MHz FT8
about 2000z May 25.  Lance Collister, W7GJ of Frenchtown, Montana is
interested in 6 meter moonbounce, and runs a Magic Band EME email
group, which you can subscribe to via his web site at,
//www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/ .  Dr. Tamitha Skovs latest video can
be found at, //youtu.be/dWwCxWEK1EQ .  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.  The multiple
websites mentioned in this bulletin can be found in teleprinter,
packet, and Internet versions of 2019 Propagation Forecast Bulletin
ARLP023.  Sunspot numbers were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean
of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 68.7, 68.7, 69.7, 69.9, 69.8, 70, and 69.8,
with a mean of 69.5. Estimated planetary A indices were 8, 5, 4, 4,
5, 8, and 5, with a mean of 5.6. Middle latitude A index was 8, 5,
3, 4, 4, 7, and 4, with a mean of 5.

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