Topband: solarwind and 160 prop

[Dr. Wolf Ostwald]

hi reflectees !
As we all know, the effects of the solar wind are strongly determining 
160m propagation. It seems that solely watching A and K indexes plus the 
SFI is not helping much in propagation predictions, at least not for 
160. We all tried that and failed in it. Now is the critical factor 
whether the polarity of the arriving solar wind, developing the 
interplanetary mag field , fits the earth mag field or not. becuase if 
it does, the influence is by far greater than without it.
Question is, where do i find that info ?? I think this might stir up 
some geophysicist - hopefully. Surely the information derived that way 
is not as easy to grasp as a simple number, but it may be the only way 
to further the cause.
73 de wolf  df2py