Hi topbanders Estimate of Auroral activity is on page http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/ If this index is high , over 6, there is mostly no propagation from Finland to Japan, Pacific and North America. 73! Ilmo, OH2BO -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/topband.html Submissions: topband@contesting.com Administrative requests: topband-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-topband@contesting.com