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No sunspots this week, and as of Wednesday weve seen 15 spotless
days in a row. This is the solar minimum. The current Solar Cycle 24
is expected to end by the end of this calendar year.  Average daily
solar flux declined from 69.4 to 68.1. Average daily planetary A
index declined slightly from 8.9 to 8.3, but average daily mid
latitude A index rose from 7.7 to 8.  Predicted solar flux is 68 on
September 20 to 26, 69 on September 27 through October 6, 70 on
October 7, 68 on October 8 to 19, 69 on October 20 through November
2 and 70 on October 3.  Predicted planetary A index is 5 on
September 20 and 21, 8 on September 22 and 23, 5 on September 24 and
25, then 10, 35, 45, 20 and 10 on September 26 to 30, then 8, 10 and
8 on October 1 to 3, then 5, 5 and 12 on October 4 to 6, 5 on
October 7 to 9, then 8, 5 and 8 on October 10 to 12, then 5, 8 and
10 on October 13 to 15, 5 on October 16 to 19, then 8, 5 and 5 on
October 20 to 22, then 8, 25, 30, and 18 on October 23 to 26, then
8, 5 and 8 on October 27 to 29, 5 on October 30 through November 1,
12 on November 2 and 5 on November 3.  6 Meter Es made an appearance
in the ARRL September VHF Contest Saturday evening, September 15
UTC. Starting around 0030z, stations in Arizona, California, Nevada
and Utah appeared and worked stations in the Midwest states. I even
saw a few double hop sporadic E contacts between Michigan to Nevada,
and California to Alabama. I made about a dozen FT8 6 meter contacts
running 10 watts and a 2 element Yagi in the single operator
portable category in the opening. My best DX was NA6L in DM03 in
southern California.  Sporadic E propagation is rare in September,
and it was a special treat to have an Es opening during the VHF
Contest.  Another 6 meter report, from KD7WPJ in Mountain House,
California, which is between Tracy and Livermore, 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 ARLP038.  Sunspot numbers were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 69.4, 68.3, 68.6, 67.7,
68.7, 67.5, and 66.3, with a mean of 68.1. Estimated planetary A
indices were 7, 8, 6, 8, 11, 9, and 9, with a mean of 8.3. Middle
latitude A index was 7, 8, 7, 8, 10, 8, and 8, with a mean of 8.

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