[RTTY] RTTY RU - poor band condx

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Actually at 0546Z on the 5th it was SFI=215 A=6 K=1 and by the end of the contest it was SFI=218 A=4 K=1. So on Sunday prime time,
propagation "should" have been good on 10 and 15 meters.

As Jay mentioned, there were radio blackouts and a there was a major flare (M4.0) at 1946Z on the 4th which would have been about 2
hours after the start of the contest. But that didn't seem to kill anything because 15 was really good on Saturday at least to
stateside.

The flares continue and there was an X-class flare today at 1832Z. The flux is up to 237 right now BUT the A is 8 and K is 3 and
that's not so good. Let's hope the sun keeps going for a while. Should make for fun contesting in upcoming contests.

73, Don AA5AU

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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 5:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY RU - poor band condx

the flux was high, but so was the A and K index....propagation does not live by flux alone, the K index was 10, which greatly
increases polar absortion....
On 1/7/2014 4:32:56 PM, rlvz at aol.com wrote:
> It sure is amazing that we have so many people reporting "poor  band 
> condx"
> when the SSI was around 200.  I too... thought the condx  were 
> terrible considering the SSI number.  Makes me wonder if  20-10m. will 
> go completely dead when the SSI drops!
> 
> 73,
> Dick- K9OM
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/7/2014 12:02:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> rtty-request at contesting.com writes:
> 
> The lack  of DX can be explained by the propagation reports for 
> Saturday and Sunday.  They were exceptionally poor.
> 
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