Topband: Better days are coming (I hope)!

[Bill Tippett]

	First the good news:

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/weekly/pdf/prf1444.pdf (see page 18)

...and then the bad news:

http://www.dxlc.com/solar/ (note blue line)

Solar flux is rapidly heading down, but unfortunately the
geomagnetic field is most disturbed on the downside of
solar cycles.  It seems as though the Ap index has
averaged almost 20 over the past few months!

				73,  Bill  W4ZV