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visitor operations are Monday through Friday, at 1500 to 2045z, or
10 AM 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.  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 via email to, w1aw at
arrl.org .  The weekly W1AW and monthly West Coast Qualifying Runs
are sent on the normal CW frequencies used for both code practice
and bulletin transmissions.  West Coast Qualifying Run stations may
also use 3590 kHz.  The complete w1aw operating schedule may be
found on page 96 in the Jauary 2023 issue of QST or from the W1AW
web page at, www.arrl.org/w1aw .  This reporting week, December 22
to 28, saw declining solar numbers and rising geomagnetic
indicators. Average daily sunspot numbers dropped from 124.1 to
96.1, and solar flux from 153.8 to 143.8.  Average planetary A index
rose from 6.7 to 17.3, and middle latitude numbers from 5.1 to 12.6.
Predicted solar flux is 164 and 162 on December 30 and 31, 160
January 1 to 3, 2023, 158 on January 4, 156 on January 5 and 6, 140
on January 7 and 8, 136 on January 9, 130 on January 10 to 14, then
128 and 125 on January 15 and 16, 120 on January 17 to 20, then 125,
135, 136, 138, 132, 134 and 132 on January 21 to 27, 130 on January
28 and 29, 135 on January 30, and 140 on January 31 through February
4.  Predicted planetary A index is 16, 14, 10 and 8 on December 30,
2022 through January 2, 2023, 5 and 14 on January 3 and 4, then 18,
18 and 10 on January 5 to 7.  Next its 5 on January 8 to 16, then 8,
12, 25 and 20 on January 17 to 20, 10 on January 21 and 22, then 20,
15, 10, 15 and 12 on January 23 to 27, and 10, 5 and 18 on January
28 to 30, then then 10, 10, 8 and 10 on January 31 through February
3, and a nice quiet 5 beyond that, perhaps until mid February.  The
observatory at Penticton, British Columbia is the source for our
solar flux numbers, and the staff leaves annually from Christmas to
New Years. The system is automated, and we get the daily noon
readings from a source at //bit.ly/ .  Unfortunately, the system
crashed on December 24 and no readings were posted after Christmas
Eve.  Thanks to Dr. Andrew Gray, Research Council Officer at the
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory for monitoring his email
while on holiday and supplying us with the four days of missing
data.  A report from Thomas Bayer, RWC Prague at the Budkov
Observatory follows.  Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period
December 30 to January 05, 2023.  Quiet on Dec 30, Jan 2 and 3,
Unsettled on Dec 30 and 31, Jan 3 to 5, Active on Dec 31 to Jan 1,
Jan 3 to 5, Minor storm on Jan 3 and 4, Major storm threat is 0,
Severe storm threat is 0, We expect a transitional geomagnetic
activity decrease during the coming two days. Then, about New Year,
we expect partial geomagnetic activity enhancement again with a
possible active event.  The other active/minor storm event is
expected about January 3 and 4 in connection with coronal hole 60 /
3.  Between these events, we expect quiet to unsettled conditions
generally.  Sunspot numbers were 108, 100, 85, 107, 96, 89, and 88,
with a mean of 96.1. 10.7 cm flux was 131.3, 127.7, 133.3, 144,
150.5, 159, and 160.4, with a mean of 143.8.  Estimated planetary A
indices were 12, 24, 23, 10, 22, 25, and 5, with a mean of 17.3.
Middle latitude A index was 7, 19, 15, 8, 19, 16, and 4, with a mean
of 12.6.

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