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Quietest Sun since 1913
On Apr 2, 8:16*am, Cecil Moore wrote:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...larminimum.htm -- 73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, *http://www.w5dxp.com I've been surprised at some of the openings on 15M to Europe and Pacific the past few years, in the quietest part of a quiet cycle. And the regularity of night-time 20M openings to Northern Europe/Russia and even occasionally New Zealand/Australia too. I mean, it's nothing at all compared to say 1979 when I was a new ham 10M was open around the world at almost every hour of the day. But it still happens. Certainly I've been enjoying 40M/80M/160M the past few years. One thing that I don't see charted so clearly... is that in 2003/2004/2005/2006 I remember several solar storms that pretty much wiped out all the HF bands (high and low, well 80M and 160M were not so badly affected) for a few days at a time. I don't remember this happening at all in 2008/2009. Tim N3QE |
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