So you fell for the doom and gloom naysayers concerning cycle 24?

[KX5JT]

My friend Tomas David Hood (Propagation Columnist at CQ Communications, Inc.) has posted an interesting chart on his facebook account I thought I would share here....

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http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj131/kx5jt/cycle23-24.jpg

Anyone checking out 10 meters this passed week knows Sol is waking up!

[KL7OF]

Other than it taking 15 yrs between the start of the 2 cycles. they seem pretty much the same so far..according to this chart...Hide and listen for a fat lady singing.......

[k4kyv]

According to NASA, Cycle 24 is going to be one of the highest on  record, maybe exceeding Cycle 19.  No, looks like it's going to be mediocre at best, probably lower than average. No, we might be entering a Maunder Minimum; this one will be feeble, and then don't expect another one for 50-100 years. No, wait, this looks like a good one. 

Better late than never.  Even if it does fizzle prematurely, we still have 160m. BTW, check the NWS or Accuweather website.  Is it going to rain three days from now?

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I looked back at my log notes from last year(2010) from September to December and I was working 10 meters coast to coast, to Europe, and even the Far East. Having increasing sunspots helps, but other propagation anomalies need to be taken into account. For the last many weeks, 6 meters has been quiet, so increasing sunspot numbers didn't help. By January (2011), my 10 meter activity tapered off, so I either got bored from working all the DX, or 10 meters just got quiet or noisy depending on your receive perspective.