"Channel Jumper" wrote in message
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dave;786886 Wrote:
http://www.solarham.com/

SOLAR FLARE ALERT:
A long duration event reaching M3.2 took place Thursday morning starting

at 14:30 UTC.
The eruption was centered around Sunspot 1402 and produced a large CME.

Stay Tuned.

That is a double edge sword.
You can get increased propagation when it hits, or you can get a total
blackout - like we have had the last couple of days.
The last time I looked, the solar index was only about 88 - which is not
good if you want to work 10 meters.
There has been days where you can't hardly hear anything on the 80
meters during the day here and the 40 meters was just as bad and the 20
meters was almost impossible to hear.
At the same time, when the HF bands drops off, the VHF and UHF
Propagation increases. A good time to work SSB 2 meters.....
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As far as I am concerned, the HF bands have been in the dumper for a month
or more. Although I have heard a little more activity in the past few days.

Haven't heard a signal on 6 meters in a long time.

-Wayne
W5GIE
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