On Aug 16, 8:35*am, dave wrote:
wrote:
On Aug 15, 12:17*pm, Steve wrote:
On Aug 15, 9:09*am, dave wrote:

www.solarham.com

The sun is asleep

Even so, we're doing pretty darned good overall this year:

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 1 day
2011 total: 2 days (1%)
2010 total: 51 days (14%)
2009 total: 260 days (71%)

*So this is an indication that the Solar Cycle 24 is finally here ?

The Cycle is determined by the region where new spots form and the
magnetic polarity of the spots. Cycle 24 began a couple years ago. We
are nearing Solar Max, and only half the sun is awake.

I'm not having any trouble making contacts. I didn't have that much
trouble making them during solar minimum, to be honest.