Topband: solarwind and 160 prop

[Arthur Delibert]

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--Art Delibert, KB3FJO



> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:24:17 +0100
> From: df2py at t-online.de
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: solarwind and 160 prop
> 
> 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
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