[CQ-Contest] Cycle 24 begins today, maybe

[Art RX9TX]

 Hello <cq-contest at contesting.com>
  
 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:36:02 -0800 "Bud Mortenson" <bmortens at telus.net>
wrote:

> Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
> 
> At the risk of turning the page to a new topic -- and revealing the
> depth of my delusional solar cycle 23 cabin fever -- I gleefully note
> that today the first suspected Cycle 24 sunspot has been "spotted" on
> the solar disc at 27 degrees N. lat.

According to http://www.dxlc.com/solar/, the cycle 24 started 6 weeks
ago, probably thats the time required for "new cycle spots" to appear
after beginning of the new cycle.

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 73... de RX9TX