Actually at 0546Z on the 5th it was SFI=215 A=6 K=1 and by the end of the
contest it was SFI=218 A=4 K=1. So on Sunday prime time,
propagation "should" have been good on 10 and 15 meters.
As Jay mentioned, there were radio blackouts and a there was a major flare
(M4.0) at 1946Z on the 4th which would have been about 2
hours after the start of the contest. But that didn't seem to kill anything
because 15 was really good on Saturday at least to
stateside.
The flares continue and there was an X-class flare today at 1832Z. The flux is
up to 237 right now BUT the A is 8 and K is 3 and
that's not so good. Let's hope the sun keeps going for a while. Should make for
fun contesting in upcoming contests.
73, Don AA5AU
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From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of WW3S
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 5:10 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY RU - poor band condx
the flux was high, but so was the A and K index....propagation does not live by
flux alone, the K index was 10, which greatly
increases polar absortion....
On 1/7/2014 4:32:56 PM, rlvz@aol.com wrote:
> It sure is amazing that we have so many people reporting "poor band
> condx"
> when the SSI was around 200. I too... thought the condx were
> terrible considering the SSI number. Makes me wonder if 20-10m. will
> go completely dead when the SSI drops!
>
> 73,
> Dick- K9OM
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/7/2014 12:02:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> rtty-request@contesting.com writes:
>
> The lack of DX can be explained by the propagation reports for
> Saturday and Sunday. They were exceptionally poor.
>
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