[UK-CONTEST] CQWPX

Darrell G0HVQ g0hvq at talktalk.net
Tue Jun 2 11:59:28 PDT 2009


The current sunspot group looks very nice - a mate brought a solar telescope 
into work yesterday, the plage region is easily visible, as are at least 2 
distinct sunpots in the group. Solar flux up to 73 today, and the null with 
the SFI in the 60s didn't last too long, so let's hope this is the real 
start of the cycle....certainly feels like it, about time too.

The multi-hop propagation on 10m and 15m during WPX was great, open both 
days across the pond, and very early on Sat morning too: that one felt like 
Es, not sure about the one on Sun evening, opened very late (11pm local) to 
the Caribbean. Plenty of welcome new LoTW confirmations on the higher bands 
after WPX :-)

73
Darrell G0HVQ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave at davesergeant.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CQWPX



> Agreed. This weekend's activity on 10m and 15m was normal sporadic E
> which has no connection to solar activity. The longer distance stuff
> was a mixture of double/triple hop sporadic E and transequatorial. A
> solar index of 68 and sunspot number of zero over the weekend
> effectively ruled out any F layer propagation on the higher bands.
>
> I see though this morning that a new sunspot group has appeared, from
> cycle 24 and actually VISIBLE (see http://tinyurl.com/ne9jjo) - all the
> spot groups earlier in the year have only been visible with a
> microscope. Solar flux has crept up to 69.... Maybe we will see some
> green shoots soon?
>
> 73 Dave G3YMC
>
> http://www.davesergeant.com
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