[CQ-Contest] Western North America - OI2HQ IARU2002 Propagation forecast

[jukka.klemola at nokia.com]

Western 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.



Mid North America - OI2HQ forecast band by band:


1837 CW&SSB kHz, QSX as announced
No propagation expected


3512-3514 kHz CW
3775 kHz SSB, QSX as announced
No propagation expected.


7004 or 7034 kHz CW
7070-7075 kHz SSB, QSX as announced
40m may be possible for bigger stations to log OI2HQ
between 04 to 0430 UTC.


14034 kHz CW
14255 kHz SSB
20m expected to be open from 0030 UTC on July 13th to
0830 UTC on July 14th.


21034 kHz CW, 
21255 or 21315 kHz SSB
15m may be open from contest start 12 UTC on
July 13th to 1930 UTC if Aurora is vague enough.
Opening is likely later, after 23 UTC.
On July 14th 15m may open at 1130 UTC and is open to
contest end, 12 UTC July 14th.


28034 kHz CW,
28485 or 28530 kHz SSB
Hoping to work Western NA stations from July 13th, 13 UTC
to 1730 UTC if Aurora is vague enough.
On July 14th band may open at 1130 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.
A polar opening may be possible during OI2HQ nighttime,
after 23 UTC on July 13th, possibility exists until 02 UTC July 14th.


73,
Jukka