[NCC] [FCG] Challenging Propagation for NAQP CW Contest

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

 Maybe we'll need to get on for the ARRL 222 MHz & Up contest and point our beams north!

73  -  Jim    K8MR

    On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 07:40:55 AM EDT, NP2X Fred K9VV <kleberf at bellsouth.net> wrote:  
 
 FCGers,
As predicted, the results from a recent CME (coronal mass ejection) event have degraded HF propagation.  
>From Spaceweather.com:
“ CME SPARKS STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM:  As predicted, a CME struck Earth during the early hours of Aug. 5th. Sensors at the Canberra Magnetic Observatory in Australia measured a jolt of 22 nT to our planet's magnetic field. The impact sparked a strong G3-class geomagnetic storm with auroras in the USA as far south as Arizona.”
Below is a graph of the latest K-index reports.  Hopefully we are on the back side of the first and only wave from the recent CME!!
C U on the air!  CW NA!
73 / OJ / LN,
frED (“Ed” in NAQP), NP2X (aka K9VV/KP2)
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