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01/23/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update

Unsettled conditions in the forecast
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01/11/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update

After last week’s somewhat downbeat look at sunspot cycles -- current, past and future -- we sure have some great activity to report this week: The average daily sunspot number more than doubled in the past week, rising nearly 93 points to 163.3, while th
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08/17/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

There was a big drop in solar activity over the past week, with the average daily sunspot numbers declining nearly 42 points to 77.6, and the average daily solar flux down 20 points to 114.7.
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07/08/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

The average daily sunspot numbers for the past week dropped less than a point -- from 42 to 41.6 -- compared to the previous week, while the average daily solar flux was down more than 5 points to 86.2. Sunspot numbers for June 30-July 6 were 34, 51, 54,
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03/25/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

All solar indicators were lower again for the second consecutive week. The average daily sunspot numbers declined more than 28 points from the week before to 40.9, while the average daily solar flux was off more than 18 points to 94.8. But looking at sola
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07/11/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

Another week and still no sunspots. The 3-month moving average for daily sunspot numbers that we began reporting toward the end of Solar Cycle 23 seemed to retrospectively suggest that solar minimum occurred last fall. The daily average for the 3-month pe
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