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ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA

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QST de W1AW  
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 39  ARLP039
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA  September 22, 2006
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLP039 Propagation de K7RA

Average daily sunspot numbers this week were down nearly 31 points
to 13.4, and average daily solar flux declined over 8 points to 77.
Sunday through Thursday of this week, the sunspot number was 11 on
all five days.  Sunspot activity should remain low.

This week a coronal wind stream caused a geomagnetic disturbance
centered on September 18.  A week ago, on Friday, September 15,
geomagnetic conditions were very stable.  The mid-latitude K index
throughout the day was zero on all eight readings, and so the
mid-latitude A index was also zero.  Even the high latitude college
A index near Fairbanks, Alaska was zero that day.

Due to a recurring coronal hole, we may see a rise in geomagnetic
activity this weekend, with the planetary A index predicted at a low
of 5 on Friday, then rising to 20 on Saturday, September 23.

Today a group of satellites should be launched that will give
3-dimensional views of solar flares.  The plan is to view flares
from two satellites, spaced far enough apart to give stereo vision.
Jerry Reimer sent a link to an article about this in Britain's
Sunday Times. Read it at http://tinyurl.com/rejj8.

Yvone Dubois, KE7HTQ of Phoenix asks, ''Where can I find propagation
charts old style, like they used to be published in QST for
decades?''

The charts have moved from the magazine to the web.  Find them at
http://www.arrl.org/qst/propcharts/

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 at
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. For a detailed
explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/k9la-prop.html. An archive of past
propagation bulletins is at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/ .

Sunspot numbers for September 14 through 20 were 25, 12, 13, 11, 11,
11 and 11 with a mean of 13.4. 10.7 cm flux was 82.8, 80.1, 79.2,
78, 74.4, 73.4, and 70.9, with a mean of 77. Estimated planetary A
indices were 6, 3, 3, 16, 24, 12 and 5 with a mean of 9.9. Estimated
mid-latitude A indices were 4, 0, 1, 9, 16, 8 and 3, with a mean of
5.9.
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