[CQ-Contest] Europe - OI2HQ IARU 2002 Propagation forecast

[jukka.klemola at nokia.com]

Europe - 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.



Europe - OI2HQ forecast band by band:


1837 CW&SSB kHz
160 should open at 1630UTC and close 0530 UTC.


3512-3514 kHz CW
3775 kHz SSB
80m is open 13th July 1500 UTC to 14th July 0630 UTC.


7004 or 7034 kHz CW
7070-7075 kHz SSB,
40m opens 13th July 14 UTC and closes 0730 UTC on 14th July.


14034 kHz CW
14255 kHz SSB
20m expected to be open full 24 hours.


21034 kHz CW, 
21255 or 21315 kHz SSB
15m should be open from contest start 12 UTC on
13th July to 22 UTC.
On 14th July 15m should open at 03 UTC and stay
open to contest end, 12 UTC July 14th.
If direct propagation is bad, OI2HQ encourages the European
stations to beam to NA or JA directions to access backscatter
propagation on 15.


28034 kHz CW,
28485 or 28530 kHz SSB
10m is open from contest start, July 13th 12 UTC to 20 UTC.
On July 14th band should open at 0330 UTC and stay open to
contest end, 12 UTC.
If direct propagation is bad, OI2HQ encourages the European
stations to beam to NA or JA directions to access backscatter
propagation on 10.


73,
Jukka