[NZ4O Spaceweather] New Solar Cycle 24 Firsts

[Thomas F. Giella NZ4O]

The daily sunspot number (SSN) has reached 118 and the daily solar flux 
index (SFI) 147.1, both new record high's for solar cycle 24.

Global 10 meter radiowave propagation conditions for the weekend of 
Saturday-Sunday 03/05-06, 2011 was the best in seven years.

The partially geoeffective (Earth facing) coronal mass ejection (CME) 
arrived yesterday UTC 03/06/2011 but created only (Kp-3) unsettled 
geomagnetic conditions at high and mid latitudes. There was negligible 
negative effect on the maximum usable frequency (MUF) which remained above 
the 10 meter band.

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o at tampabay.rr.com

NZ4O Amateur & SWL Autobiography: http://www.nz4o.org
NZ4O Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: 
http://www.solarcycle24data.org
NZ4O HF/6M Radiowave Propagation Forecast: http://www.solarcycle24.org