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DECEMBER, ENHANCING 30 THROUGH 12 METER DX PROPAGATION FOR SEVERAL HOURS A
DAY THROUGH EARLY JANUARY 2021.  THE REGION MADE A RARE THIRD APPEARANCE IN
LATE JANUARY, BUT WITH VERY LOW SUNSPOT ACTIVITY.  A SLOW START IN 2021 THE
SFI HASNT EXCEEDED 78 AND HAS BEEN MOSTLY BELOW 74 SINCE JANUARY 6, MUCH
LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING MONTHS OF CYCLE 24.  ONLY A FEW WEAK SUNSPOTS
HAVING LITTLE EFFECT ON HF PROPAGATION HAVE APPEARED FROM EARLY JANUARY
THROUGH AT LEAST MARCH 7, 2021.  NO SUNSPOTS SHOWED FOR 20 DAYS IN A ROW
FROM JANUARY 28 TO FEBRUARY 17, WHICH WAS UNUSUAL DURING THE CORRESPONDING
MONTHS OF ANY SOLAR CYCLE.  CYCLE 25 SUNSPOTS STRONG ENOUGH TO IMPROVE HF
PROPAGATION HAVE SO FAR APPEARED ONLY IN THE SUNS SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, A
CONDITION KNOWN AS HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRY, WHICH HAS CAUSED DOUBLE PEAKS
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