Topband: Solar Flux Question

[donovanf at erols.com]

Hello Henk, 


Most of the kinetic energy released from solar wind into the Earth's 
magnetosphere and then its ionosphere is in contained in the velocity 
of the solar wind. Much less energy is in the extreme high temperature 
of the solar wind's magnetized charged particles and in its embedded 
interplanetary magnetic field. 


Fortunately the Earth's magnetic field shields the magnetosphere and 
ionosphere from vast majority of the solar wind's kinetic energy 
unless the Bz component of interplanetary magnetic field vector is 
oriented southward, opposite to the Earth's magnetic field. 


The worst case combination of conditions for disturbed propagation is 
500 km/second or greater solar wind velocity and southward oriented 
IMF with magnetic field intensity greater than 10 nanoTeslas. 


This web site proves a basic explanation of the relationships between disturbed 
propagation conditions and the solar wind's speed, density, and the magnetic 
field orientation of the its embedded interplanetary magnetic field. 


www.sws.bom.gov.au/Solar/1/4 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Henk Remijn PA5KT via Topband" <topband at contesting.com> 
To: topband at contesting.com 
Sent: Friday, November 6, 2020 9:54:51 PM 
Subject: Re: Topband: Solar Flux Question 

This one has a larger span and you can see the 27 day periods. 

https://www.solen.info/solar/images/swind.png 

73 Henk 

Op 6-11-2020 om 22:52 schreef Henk Remijn PA5KT via Topband: 
> My experience is that 160 conditions are also influenced by the solar 
> wind. 
> 
> https://solen.info/solar/indices.html. 
> 
> This graph shows SFI and solar wind. When solar winds are up to 300 
> km/s the conditions are usually good on 160. 
> 
> This happened in the beginning of october. Conditions in the week 
> before the Stew Perry TBDC were good, During the contest it was less. 
> 
> Due to the rotation of the Sun in approx 27 days you can a bit predict 
> if it is useful to be on the band. 
> 
> Other might have other experiences. 
> 
> 73 Henk PA5KT 
> 
> 
> Op 6-11-2020 om 21:55 schreef Artek Manuals: 
>> Bill 
>> 
>> Last night ON 160 I worked 32 European and SA stations with the 
>> reported SFI of 88. earlier in the week with a similar SFI number I 
>> heard nothing from EU on 160. Conclusion : At these levels SFI is not 
>> the factor 
>> 
>> Conditions on 15 and 12 have been for the last week or so been great 
>> . Lots of long path on 40 through 15 depending on the time of day & 
>> band. certainly far better than a year ago at SFI of 68-72 on the 
>> upper bands, on 160 and 80 hasn't been much of factor so far 
>> 
>> DAVE 
>> nr1dx 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/6/2020 3:23 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: 
>>> Per WWV, the solar flux is at 91. What, if any, affect does this 
>>> have on propagation in HF or other 
>>> frequency bands....and of course 160 meters. I have seen these 
>>> geophysical numbers often, but 
>>> never really understood what they meant. The flux has been running 
>>> in the high 60s/low 70s until 
>>> a few weeks ago when I saw it in the 80s. 
>>> Tnx de Bill K4JYS 
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