[Propagation+Space Weather] The W1AW Weekly Propagation Report - 2019 Jun 28 17:29 UTC

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The following is the weekly propagation bulletin from W1AW / ARRL (posting on 20190628 17:29 UTC):

QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 26 ARLP026 >From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA June 28, 2019 To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP026 ARLP026 Propagation de K7RA

A new sunspot group emerged on June 24, but don't count on it persisting much longer. It emerged already far along the western limb, and is about to rotate off the visible solar disc. Sunspot numbers on June 24-27 were 24, 12, 11 and 11.

Average daily sunspot number increased from 0 to 6.7 over the week of June 20-26, while average daily solar flux increased from 67.1 to 67.4.

Average daily planetary A index decreased from 5.3 to 5, and average daily middle latitude A index decreased from 7 to 5.7.

Predicted solar flux is 67 on June 28 through July 5, 68 on July 6, 69 on July 7-9, 68 on July 10-11, 67 on July 12-27, 68 on July 28, 69 on July 29-31, 68 on August 1-2, 69 on August 3-5, 68 on August 6-7, and 67 on August 8-11.

Predicted planetary A index is 5 on June 28-30, 8 on July 1, 5 on July 2-5, 8 on July 6, 5 on July 7-9, 8 on July 10-11, 5 on July 12-20, then 8, 12 and 10 on July 21-23, 5 on July 24 through August 1, 8 on August 2, 5 on August 3-5, 8 on August 6-7, and 5 on August 8-11.

You can see daily updates of these predictions, usually sometime after 2100 UTC at, ftp://ftp.swpc.noaa.gov/pub/forecasts/45DF/ .

Geomagnetic activity forecast for June 28 until July 24, 2019 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH, who has been compiling this weekly geomagnetic forecast since January 1978.

'Geomagnetic field will be:

'Quiet on June 28, 30, July 9, 14-16, 21 Quiet to unsettled on June 29, July 3, 8, 10-11, 13, 17, 20 Quiet to active on June July 1 (- 2), 4-6, 12, 18, 24 Unsettled to active on July 7, 19, 22-23 No disturbed conditions predicted.

'Solar wind will intensify on June (28,) July 5-7, (8-9,) 10-11, (17-19, 22-24)

'Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.'

On Tuesday, June 25, NN4X reported from Florida:

'Amazing over-the-pole conditions on 17M this morning (6/25/2019).

'Decoded dozens of JAs on FT8 between 1200Z and 1245Z and worked a few. UA0BA (NP49) was logged at 1512Z, worked HS0ZIV at 1519Z, and was called by BH4QYX immediately afterwards, but did not complete that QSO.'

The latest video from Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW:

https://youtu.be/XzX1Ea7pqz4

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For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service web page at, http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

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Sunspot numbers for June 20 through 26, 2019 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 12, and 11, with a mean of 6.7. 10.7 cm flux was 67.7, 66.5, 66.4, 67.2, 67.9, 67.9, and 68, with a mean of 67.4. Estimated planetary A indices were 7, 6, 4, 3, 5, 4, and 6, with a mean of 5. Middle latitude A index was 8, 8, 5, 4, 5, 5, and 5, with a mean of 5.7.

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