[CQ-Contest] Conditions for 10m

Timo Klimoff timo.klimoff at dnainternet.net
Thu Dec 15 10:02:49 EST 2005


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>
> Unusual propagation to Northern Europe has occurred for as long time. 
> Roll
> the clock back to the CQ SSB Contest in 1970 (Now the WPX contest) and
> conditions were predicted to be stinko.

But this was also sunspot maximum time?

Any observations that over the pole path in the evening on 10 meters has 
happened during _the bottom_ of sunspot cycle? I can't remember any at least 
in CQWWCW or ARRL10 contests since 1986.

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/lists/geomag/7day_AK.txt

interesting note:
College          N65 W102   40     3     3     5     5     5     6     5 
3

high latitude (A and) K indexes jump after Sunday morning, K peaking 6.

73, Timo OH1NOA 



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