The K7RA Solar Update
SEATTLE, WA, Nov 24, 2004 -- This is an early propagation
bulletin because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
There will be another bulletin on Monday, November 29, which will
summarize the solar flux, sunspot numbers and geomagnetic A index for this week
which normally appears at the end of this bulletin.
A few days ago was the phone
weekend of the ARRL Sweepstakes Contest.
Last weekend was not plagued by solar wind and the high geomagnetic
activity we experienced around November 7-12, although there were some
unsettled periods.
In a few days the CW weekend of the
CQ Worldwide DX Contest begins, and no big solar or geomagnetic effects are
expected for this contest weekend either. The forecast calls for moderate
geomagnetic conditions and a rising solar flux. Flux values have been around 100 lately, but should rise over the
next few days. Predicted solar flux is
expected to peak at about 135 around November 28-29, and for November 24-27 the
expected values are 115, 120, 125 and 130.
Amateur solar observer Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, Washington,
provides this weekly report on solar conditions and propagation. This report
also is available via W1AW every Frida,y and an abbreviated version also
appears in The ARRL Letter.
Readers may contact the author via e-mail.
Page last modified: 08:29 AM, 24 Nov 2004 ET
Page author: awextra@arrl.org
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