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ARLP025 Propagation de K7RA

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Propagation Forecast Bulletin 25  ARLP025
> From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA  June 23, 2017
To all radio amateurs

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ARLP025 Propagation de K7RA

Average daily sunspot numbers rose this reporting week (June 15-21) from 4.9 to
29.4. The previous week had four days with no sunspots, and this week there
were no zero sunspot days, hence the dramatic increase in the average.

Average daily solar flux barely budged from 74.4 to 74.6

Average daily planetary A index went from 7.3 to 9.4, and mid-latitude A index
from 6.9 to 8.1.

Predicted solar flux is 75 on June 23-28, 74 on June 29 through July 4, 75 on
July 5-7, 77 on July 8-9, 74 on July 10-14, 75 on July 15-17, then 74, 72 and
74 on July 18-20, 70 on July 21-23, 74 on July 24-31, 75 on August 1-3 and 77
on August 4-5.

Predicted planetary A index is 12 on Jun 23-24, then 10 and 8 on June 25-26, 5
on June 27 through July 12, then 20 and 12 on July 13-14, 10 on July 15-16, 5
on July 17-18, 8 on July 19, 12 on July
20-21, then 10 and 8 on July 22-23, then 5 on July 24 through August 6.



Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period June 23-July 18, 2017 from F.K.
Janda, OK1HH.

"Geomagnetic field will be:
Quiet on June 27, July 4-5
Mostly quiet on June 28-29, July 1, 3, 7, 17
Quiet to unsettled June 26, July 2, 6, 12, 18
Quiet to active on June 25, 30, July 9-11, 15
Active to disturbed on June (23-24,) July (8,) 13-14, 16

"Amplifications of the solar wind from coronal holes are expected on June
(26-27), July (8,) 9-17, (18).

"Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement and/or
lower reliability of prediction.

"F. K. Janda, OK1HH"



This weekend is ARRL Field Day. Conditions should be good. Earlier forecasts
had the planetary A index this weekend at 5, but currently for Saturday and
Sunday it is 12 and 10, which is certainly
workable. Predicted solar flux is 75 for both days, better than recent
predictions for June 24-25.



6 meter report from George Hall, N2CG:

"On Father's Day 2017 there was a 6m Es opening from the US East Coast to the
Caribbean and Northern South America region that began around 2145Z according
to spots on the DX spotting Websites and
lasted for about two hours.

"I was returning home (Northern New Jersey FN20wv) after having Father's Day
dinner with my XYL and arrived around 7 PM EDT/2300Z. Soon after I got on 6m
and heard YV50ARV/6 in FJ78 on 50.125 MHz SSB coming in 59+ and soon had him in
my log. Over the next 45 minutes I worked the following exchanging 59/599
signal reports both ways:

"YV5IUA in FK60 on SSB, PV8ADI in FJ92 on CW, KP4JRS in FK68 on CW, WP2B in
FK77 on CW, and KP4EIT in FK68 on SSB.

"Looking at the DX spots being posted during this opening I counted about 80
percent JT digital mode spots versus 20 percent SSB/CW mode spots. Last year
during a typical 6m Es opening this was the exact opposite with about 80
percent SSB/CW spots versus 20 percent JT digital mode spots being reported.

"So it looks like the JT digital modes have made a very strong and dominant
role on working 6m DX and in such a short period of time. If the JT digital
modes can evolve with faster turnaround times (like what was recently reported
on the WSJT-X reflector); then we may see 6m DX activity become almost
exclusively fast turnaround JT digital modes and 'the way to go mode to work 6m
DX.'"



Interesting article about sunspots, and how they are observed:

http://bit.ly/2stLczn



Dr. Tamitha Skov mentions Field Day:

http://bit.ly/2sIwh2L



Another solar article:

http://bit.ly/2tVrlXt



If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the
author at k7ra@arrl.net.

For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical
Information Service web page at, http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For
an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and
tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas
locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at
http://arrl.org/bulletins.

Sunspot numbers for June 15 through 21, 2017 were 28, 28, 28, 27, 26, 34, and
35, with a mean of 29.4. 10.7 cm flux was 77.4, 73.5, 74.8, 74.9, 73.6, 74.4,
and 73.7, with a mean of 74.6. Estimated
planetary A indices were 4, 25, 15, 10, 5, 3, and 4, with a mean of 9.4.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 5, 18, 12, 9, 7, 3, and 3, with a mean of
8.1.

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