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Title: We have sunspots! Post by: k4kyv on December 11, 2008, 07:50:07 PM I just checked, and this website gives the sunspot number at 13! Lately whenever I have checked it, the number has been hovering at or near zero. However, they indicate that only one of these sunspots is a member of cycle 24. I'm not rushing to get my 10m rig back on line just yet.
http://spaceweather.com/ Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: wb1ead on December 11, 2008, 08:05:43 PM Evening Don..tnx fer the heads up..however i do monitor 10mtrs a whole lot..and so far there hasn't been diddly squat at any time of the day..there was a minor opening a few days ago for E prop..lasted less than an hour..didn't report it..very weak in nature favoring your neck of the woods from up here in the Northeast..hrd u though on 75mtrs couple days back..strapping in like usual..unfortunatly 15mtrs is not much better at all..the 13mtr shortwave stations are barely copyable around 1700utc..
We need spots Don..sunspots to be precise..hey maybe it's the start of sumptin..agn tnx..hopefully catch you on 75 maybe in the ghetto soon as the OCFed dipole rises 73 de DAVE Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: W1AEX on December 11, 2008, 10:23:52 PM Don,
Have you played with the N0HR Propfire extension for Firefox? If not, it works pretty slick, updates at intervals you specify, and gives you the SF, A, K, SSN at a glance. http://www.n0hr.com/Propfire.htm The bands still seem kinda ho-hum instead of ho-ho-ho. Rob W1AEX Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: Steve - WB3HUZ on December 12, 2008, 11:14:35 AM The low bands have been great. Don't need no stinkin' sunspots.
Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: KA7WOC on December 12, 2008, 01:19:29 PM While wrestling with my Gates I heard Don FB here in Washington THE STATE. The rest of the crew in the qso were so so.
Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: k4kyv on December 12, 2008, 05:16:56 PM On 160 or 75?
Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on December 12, 2008, 05:50:11 PM 10 meter contest this weekend. Should be lots of activity.
Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: KA7WOC on December 13, 2008, 12:33:26 AM Title: Re: We have sunspots! Post by: Steve - WB3HUZ on December 13, 2008, 03:09:01 PM Hear W0VMC on 160 meters last night with a nice signal! AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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