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This is an early bulletin because of the Thanksgiving holiday, but
the timing is wrong for publishing another week of solar and
geomagnetic data, so the numbers at the bottom of this bulletin are
the same as in last weeks Propagation Forecast Bulletin, ARLP047.
An additional bulletin will come out on Monday, November 27 with the
updated numbers. Last weekend geomagnetic conditions were quiet for
the ARRL Phone Sweepstakes. But we are about to experience the
effects of a solar wind stream just before this next weekends big
contest, the CW portion of the CQ Worldwide DX Contest. The
planetary A index for November 22 to 26 is predicted at 5, 10, 20,
15 and 10. Helioseismic holography has detected the emergence of a
new large sunspot on the suns far side. Check The World Above 50 MHz
column in the current, December 2006, issue of QST for a good piece
about Solar Cycles and the Coming of Cycle 24, part 1. It was
written by Jim Kennedy, K6MIO of the Gemini Observatory in Hilo,
Hawaii, and gives good information on the magnetic conveyor belt,
solar magnetic fields, and a 22 year solar magnetic cycle. Brett
Graham, VR2BG wrote from Hong Kong with some reports on beacons he
monitored recently on 12 meters at 24R93 MHz. He often hears these
from JA, VK, ZS and 4S, but at the same time hears nobody on the
band, even when he is monitoring the beacons operating down to the
milliwatt level. You can get information on the NCDXF beacons on the
web. Sunspot numbers were 29, 13, 13, 18, 30, 41 and 50 with a mean
of 27R7. 10R7 cm flux was 89R4, 91R1, 97, 96R7, 95R2, 94R5, and
96R1, with a mean of 94R3. Estimated planetary A indices were 10,
36, 20, 7, 2, 4 and 5 with a mean of 12. Estimated mid latitude A
indices were 7, 29, 20, 9, 1, 3 and 6, with a mean of 10R7. Patricia
Hensley, N4ROS, has been elected Vice Director of the Roanoke
Division. Ballots were counted November 17 at ARRL Headquarters.
She defeated incumbent Rev Les Shattuck, K4NK, 2280 to 996. A total
of 3281 ballots were received. Five ballots were not able to be
counted, being declared spoiled or invalid. The three year term
begins at noon EST, January 1, 2007‚

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