Topband: Re: Arizona (almost west coast) conditions

Bill Tippett btippett@alum.mit.edu
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:12:01 +0000


N7DD:

>Any explanation as to why the conditions were so good to Europe?

        The Boulder K-index dropped to 0 at 0600 so absorption
may have been very low around that time.  Unfortunately K indices
of zero are fairly rare at this stage of the sunspot cycle!
Data from OH2AQ:

09 Jan n4ty-9 (09) I=167, A=  8, K= 1, Mod,Qt-Unset / Low,Qt-Unset
09 Jan ja3qgi (06) I=167, A=  8, K= 0, R=167 SA:lo=)lo GF:qu-un=)qu-un
09 Jan ja3qgi (03) I=167, A=  8, K= 2, R=167 SA:lo=)lo GF:qu-un=)qu-un

                                                73,  Bill  W4ZV


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