I Guess It’s True What They Say About 10 Meters

I’ve been hearing that the higher bands have been open, but have not been able to check it out myself.

Today, I decided to take a moment, and go see. My first stop was 15 meters. It was dead as a doornail. Well, not exactly. I did hear some local sounds that sound like some kind of telemetry going on. I live near a navy base, so you never know what you may hear. I didn’t hear any CW going on. So I moved on.

I next went to 10 meters. I didn’t expect to find much there since 15 wasn’t sharing up any CW QSOs. I tuned around . . .

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Propagation Report December 10, 2010

ZCZC AP49 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 49 ARLP049 >From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA December 10, 2010 To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP049 ARLP049 Propagation de K7RA

Average daily sunspot numbers for the week were up over nine points, to 35, and average solar flux rose over six points to 87.3. These differences compare the dates December 2-8 with the previous seven days. Average planetary A index declined 2.5 points to 2.1, while average mid-latitude A index dropped 1.1 points to 1.6. These are nice numbers, with higher sunspot numbers accompanied by lower geomagnetic indices.

Predicted solar flux for the near term is right . . .

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