[RTTY] BARTG CONDX

[Don AA5AU]

The Maunder Minimum discussion is interesting but I certainly don't see how they can predict this with much accuracy. At the present, some scientists put the odds of going into a minimum at 25-30%. That's means there's a 70-75% we will NOT go into a minimum. I'll take those odds.

73, Don AA5AU



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> From: David Cole <dave at nk7z.net>
>To: rtty at contesting.com 
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG CONDX
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>And there is talk of a Maunder Minimum being in play now...  If that
>correct, the next 70 years will be very bad...  That means that the next
>generation of hams may never even see a decent cycle, and for us old
>times, this is our last...  I really hope that the Maunder minimum
>predictions are wrong.  I fear they are correct from what little I
>understand of solar modeling.
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>On Thu, 2014-03-13 at 22:47 -0400, Fabi wrote:
>> Yep, I agree with Don,
>> we can't be too choosy, remember 5-6-7 years back when 20M was the ONLY band until 40 and 80 would open up later in the evening? We still had a blast. Let's take advantage of what we can right now! 
>> See you in Bartg Tom (and all), have fun.
>> 73
>> 
>> Fabi  va2up
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>> > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:07:25 -0700
>> > From: aa5au at bellsouth.net
>> > To: rtty at contesting.com
>> > Subject: Re: [RTTY] BARTG CONDX
>> > 
>> > Tom, don't despair. Contests have a knack for "opening" the bands. There have been several M class flares in the past five days, but the forecast is for low A and K index numbers this weekend and a SFI of around 140. Even though this isn't a great number, it should be enough to allow paths on ten meters this weekend.
>> > 
>> > We need to enjoy these conditions with the flux over 100 because before we know it we'll be back in the 70's.
>> > 
>> > 73, Don AA5AU
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > >________________________________
>> > > From: Tom Martin <tmartin at chartermi.net>
>> > >To: rtty at contesting.com 
>> > >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:42 AM
>> > >Subject: [RTTY] BARTG CONDX
>> > > 
>> > >
>> > >I was afraid that this was going to happen!  10 meters is dead here in the U.P.  Solar flare today and predicted for the next two days.  
>> > >
>> > >I have had great propagation on 10 for two weeks, Asia Erope, Africa, you name it.  I have had the best RTTY runs of JA stations ever in the late afternoon. 
>> > >
>> > >In previous BARTG March contests, I've been lucky to make 10 contacts on 10 meters.  I was hoping that this weekend might be different.  Well, things can change for the better but I'm not too optimistic.
>> > >
>> > >73,
>> > >
>> > >Tom W8JWN in the U. P.
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