That is precisely why I posted what I did. People take somebody’s forecast and accept it. Despite the progress made in understanding sunspot cycles, prediction is a very uncertain undertaking.
Take any prediction with a huge block of salt. John WA1EAZ > On Oct 9, 2018, at 3:14 PM, Dave Cole (NK7Z) <d...@nk7z.net> wrote: > > Ted, > Thanks for sharing that info... Bad as it seems... Hopefully it turns out > to be not what happens... > > 73s and thanks, > Dave (NK7Z/NNR0DC) > https://www.nk7z.net > ARRL Technical Specialist > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > ARRL OOC for Oregon > > On 10/9/18 10:37 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote: >> For those who do not take CQ magazine, there is an article this month very >> much worth reading. It summarizes recent findings about the forthcoming >> sunspot cycle and its effect on propagation. To quote from the reported >> studies, “ . . . the start of Cycle 25 could be delayed to 2021 or 2022 and >> will be very weak, if it even happens at all . . . . this (Cycle 24) could >> be the last solar maximum we’ll see for a few decades . . . .” Guess I’d >> better gear up for FT8. >> I personally cannot assess the quality of the research nor its full >> implications. Just thought I would alert others who may be interested to >> the article. >> Ted, KN1CBR >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to d...@nk7z.net > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jstengrev...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
