The Maunder Minimum discussion is interesting but I certainly don't see how
they can predict this with much accuracy. At the present, some scientists put
the odds of going into a minimum at 25-30%. That's means there's a 70-75% we
will NOT go into a minimum. I'll take those odds.
73, Don AA5AU
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> From: David Cole <dave@nk7z.net>
>To: rtty@contesting.com
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG CONDX
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>And there is talk of a Maunder Minimum being in play now... If that
>correct, the next 70 years will be very bad... That means that the next
>generation of hams may never even see a decent cycle, and for us old
>times, this is our last... I really hope that the Maunder minimum
>predictions are wrong. I fear they are correct from what little I
>understand of solar modeling.
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>On Thu, 2014-03-13 at 22:47 -0400, Fabi wrote:
>> Yep, I agree with Don,
>> we can't be too choosy, remember 5-6-7 years back when 20M was the ONLY band
>> until 40 and 80 would open up later in the evening? We still had a blast.
>> Let's take advantage of what we can right now!
>> See you in Bartg Tom (and all), have fun.
>> 73
>>
>> Fabi va2up
>> http://va2up.com
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:07:25 -0700
>> > From: aa5au@bellsouth.net
>> > To: rtty@contesting.com
>> > Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG CONDX
>> >
>> > Tom, don't despair. Contests have a knack for "opening" the bands. There
>> > have been several M class flares in the past five days, but the forecast
>> > is for low A and K index numbers this weekend and a SFI of around 140.
>> > Even though this isn't a great number, it should be enough to allow paths
>> > on ten meters this weekend.
>> >
>> > We need to enjoy these conditions with the flux over 100 because before we
>> > know it we'll be back in the 70's.
>> >
>> > 73, Don AA5AU
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >________________________________
>> > > From: Tom Martin <tmartin@chartermi.net>
>> > >To: rtty@contesting.com
>> > >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:42 AM
>> > >Subject: [RTTY] BARTG CONDX
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >I was afraid that this was going to happen! 10 meters is dead here in
>> > >the U.P. Solar flare today and predicted for the next two days.
>> > >
>> > >I have had great propagation on 10 for two weeks, Asia Erope, Africa, you
>> > >name it. I have had the best RTTY runs of JA stations ever in the late
>> > >afternoon.
>> > >
>> > >In previous BARTG March contests, I've been lucky to make 10 contacts on
>> > >10 meters. I was hoping that this weekend might be different. Well,
>> > >things can change for the better but I'm not too optimistic.
>> > >
>> > >73,
>> > >
>> > >Tom W8JWN in the U. P.
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