Eastern North America - OI2HQ IARU2002 Propagation Forecast,
Expected solar activity: SFI=150, K=2.
OI2HQ sunset 2015 UTC, sunrise 0050 UTC
Propagation charts can be found at:
http://www.uwasa.fi/~jpe/lapua/
-Special thanks to Jari, OH6BG and Teijo, OH6NIO for
their contribution in creating all this forecast
information.
Eastern North America - OI2HQ forecast band by band:
1837 CW&SSB kHz, QSX as announced
Hoping to work some Eastern NA stations at 0130-02 UTC
3512-3514 kHz CW
3775 kHz SSB, QSX as announced
Expecting to work Eastern NA stations at
0130-02 UTC on SSB, 0130-0230 UTC on CW
because CW station is more to West.
7004 or 7034 kHz CW
7070-7075 kHz SSB, QSX as announced
40m expected to be open 0000-0330 UTC,
Peak in signals 0130-0230 UTC.
14034 kHz CW
14255 kHz SSB
20m expected to be open from 2200 UTC on July 13th to
09 UTC on July 14th.
21034 kHz CW,
21255 or 21315 kHz SSB
15m expected to be open from contest start 12 UTC on
July 13th to 1930 UTC.
Opening is possible later, even after 23 UTC.
On July 14th 15m opens at 1030 UTC and is open to
contest end, 12 UTC July 14th.
28034 kHz CW,
28485 or 28530 kHz SSB
Expecting to work Eastern NA stations from contest start,
July 13th, 12 UTC to 19 UTC if Aurora is vague enough.
On July 13th, possibility for the opening to continue beyond 2200 UTC.
On July 14th band should open at 11 UTC and stay open to contest
end, 12 UTC.
Signal path is polar, so odd openings may occur even though
the announcd more likely hours may be worse.
73,
Jukka
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