Topband: COSMIC RAY UPDATE

[Bill Tippett]

Not bad but definitely not great either.  Nobody (USA SOHP/160) has broken
100k so far in CQWWCW for this cycle low.  There were 6 consecutive years
over 100k (2005-2010) for the previous cycle low.  K9LA may comment but I
understand cosmic rays cause increased absorption just as high solar
activity does.  See his post here
http://lists.contesting.com/_topband/2016-10/msg00157.html  And FYI the
2019 raw claimed high is around 65k.

*Year* *Call* *Category* *Score* *160M* *80M* *40M* *20M* *15M* *10M*
*Hours* *Operator(s)*
2018 K4PI SO HP 160M 73,644  277/23/79           19.4
2017 K4PI SO HP 160M 30,338  169/17/60           17.4
2016 W2VO SO HP 160M 12,096  85/17/47           10.6
2015 K7GM/2 SO HP 160M 57,534  263/16/70           20.7
2014 K1ZM SO HP 160M 75,272  312/20/77           23.0
2013 K4PI SO HP 160M 45,724  194/20/72           18.6
2012 K4PI SO HP 160M 43,848  210/20/67           7.0
2011 K4PI SO HP 160M 76,956  307/23/83           13.2
2010 W4ZV SO HP 160M 138,650  475/26/92           15.9
2009 N7UA SO HP 160M 122,100  565/27/73           18.6
2008 N7UA SO HP 160M 139,411  557/30/79           19.9
2007 KT1V SO HP 160M 117,165  505/21/86           16.8
2006 K3BU/8 SO HP 160M 151,970              -
2005 N4PN SO HP 160M 136,653              -
2004 NN1N SO HP 160M 27,432              -
2003 K1UO SO HP 160M 23,332              -
2002 AA6TT/1 SO HP 160M 12,390              -
2001 W2VO SO HP 160M 1,566              -
2000 K1FZ SO HP 160M 45,270              -  K1UO

On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 2:22 PM Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:

> This morning - I put 21 Europeans in the log.
>
> Guess conditions are not that bad.
>
> Tree  N6TR
>
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 10:24 AM Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> This could account for relatively poor conditions on 160 despite the low
>> SF
>> and K indices:
>>
>> *COSMIC RAY UPDATE:* Something ironic is happening in Earth’s atmosphere.
>> Solar activity is low–very low. Yet atmospheric radiation is heading in
>> the
>> opposite direction. Cosmic rays percolating through the air around us are
>> at a 5 year high and only percentage points away from a Space Age record.
>> Find out what's happening on today's edition of Spaceweather.com
>> <
>> https://spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&id=84e9b2ac89&e=b06d5db3f7
>> >
>> .
>>
>> 73,  Bill  W4ZV
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