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w1aw 2006 spring/summer operating schedule. w1aw transmits morning
fast and slow code practice Tuesday through Friday at 1300z, or 9 am
et. visitor operations are Monday through Friday at 1400 to 1600z,
or 10 am to 12 PM ET, and then from 1700 to 1945z, or 1 PM to 345 PM
et. the revolving schedule of code practices and bulletins, both
digital and phone, begin Monday through Friday at 2000z, or 4 PM ET,
until 0400z, or 12 am et. The complete w1aw operating schedule may
be found on page 96 in the March 2006 issue of QST or on the web at,
www.arrl.org/w1aw.html. Sunspots continue to be scarce, although
numbers have risen the past couple of days. Several days this week
had 0 spots, from March 25 to 27, but then they rose over the next
few days to 11, 31 and 35. Geomagnetic conditions have been nice and
stable, and should continue until April 6. He worked many strong
Central and South American stations on 10 meters, as well as ZD8Z on
Ascension Island and AH6RF in Hawaii. Bill also copied the ZL2MHF
beacon, which runs 10 watts to a vertical antenna, and his longest
path was his QSO with ZL1ANJ, 7,709 miles, at 1957z on March 26.
For more information concerning radio propagation and an explanation
of the numbers used in this bulletin see the ARRL Technical
Information Service propagation page at,
www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. Sunspot numbers were 36, 44,
0, 0, 0, 11 and 31 with a mean of 17R4. 10R7 cm flux was 76R6, 75R8,
75R6, 73R6, 74R3, 79R3, and 81R7, with a mean of 76R7.  Estimated
planetary A indices were 5, 4, 7, 7, 9, 6 and 6 with a mean of 6R3.
Estimated mid latitude A indices were 2, 2, 4, 5, 8, 4 and 4, with a
mean of 4R1‚

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