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Band Watch => 10 Meters => Topic started by: Steve - K4HX on December 03, 2012, 08:31:24 PM



Title: Somewhat Shabby
Post by: Steve - K4HX on December 03, 2012, 08:31:24 PM
The band was not quite a good recently as a week or two back (or maybe my antenna fell down). The numbers show it. If the predictions are correct, it looks like conditions will improve and maybe even be FB over the holler days.

From the ARRL Propagation Bulletin, 30 November 2012
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The average daily sunspot number for the week was down nearly 38% to
78.9, when compared to last week's average, which was 126.9. The
average daily solar flux dropped nearly 13% to 121 from 138.9. The
seven day reporting period for these data ran from November 22-28.

Predicted solar flux for the near term is 110 on November 30, 105 on
December 1, 100 on December 2-4, 105 and 115 on December 5-6, 120 on
December 7, 130 on December 8-11, 135 on December 12-15, 140 on
December 16-17, 135 on December 18-19, 130 on December 20-22, 120 on
December 23-24, 115 on December 25, 110 on December 26-28, 15 on
December 29-30, 120 on December 31, 125 on January 1-2 and 130 on
January 3-7.


Title: Re: Somewhat Shabby
Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on December 03, 2012, 08:48:12 PM
10 meter contest this coming weekend. Should bring out lots of stations all over the band. They'll never know you're on AM.
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