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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.....

"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
/6

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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.


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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.

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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.

The gods of propagation are fickle. I was just in northern California but
wanted to check in with my club's 7183 kHz net in San Diego. I brought a
40m Hustler with some radials. It was all set up and tested around 5:00 PM
and I worked two guys 5-7 within twenty miles of home. All good, right?

At 7:30, that band was as dead as I have ever heard it! I had only some
foreign broadcasters, including Radio Havana at S9. XMIT VSWR was normal;
minimum around 7190 and slowly going up on either side -- same as it was in
the afternoon. Just no prop. Hated life. Plus it was damn cold out on
that sidewalk. (Global Freezing My Butt Off)

"Sal"
(KD6VKW)

"Sal" wrote in message ...


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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.


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The gods of propagation are fickle. I was just in northern California but
wanted to check in with my club's 7183 kHz net in San Diego. I brought a
40m Hustler with some radials. It was all set up and tested around 5:00 PM
and I worked two guys 5-7 within twenty miles of home. All good, right?

At 7:30, that band was as dead as I have ever heard it! I had only some
foreign broadcasters, including Radio Havana at S9. XMIT VSWR was normal;
minimum around 7190 and slowly going up on either side -- same as it was in
the afternoon. Just no prop. Hated life. Plus it was damn cold out on
that sidewalk. (Global Freezing My Butt Off)

LOL...yeah, that the way it goes.
BTW I have been hearing a lot of signals on 20-10 for the past two days.
The openings come and go, and at times there are ENORMOUS pileups.