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[DX-NEWS] ARLP051 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP051 ARLP051 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP51 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 51 ARLP051 >From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA December 7, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP051 ARLP051 Propagation de K7RA More sunspots emerged this week, with every December day so far showing spots. In addition to the sunspot numbers listed through Wednesday at the end of this bulletin, Thursday, December 6 had a sunspot number of 29. The daily sunspot number has not been this high since mid-July. Two spots are now visible, 977 and 978, and the total coverage of the solar surface by sunspots on Thursday is four times Wednesday's coverage. Average daily sunspot number for this report is over twice last week's, rising from 5.4 to 11.1. Sunspots will probably continue until at least December 13. Geomagnetic numbers have been extremely low, with average daily planetary A index dropping from 8.7 to 2, and average mid-latitude A index declining from 6.3 to 1.1 for the week. Check the quarterly geomagnetic indices since October 1 at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/indices/quar_DGD.txt, and note the incredibly stable numbers, especially at high and mid-latitudes, around December 2-6. You don't see strings of zeroes such as this during the higher portions of the solar cycle, and it seems perfectly timed with last week's ARRL 160 meter contest. Heightened or unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions are not expected until December 17. Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions December 7-9, quiet to unsettled December 10, unsettled December 11-12, and quiet to unsettled December 13. This year we've been tracking a 3-month moving average of daily sunspot numbers to help spot trends that may indicate the bottom of the solar cycle. Here are the 3-month averages since December 2005. Dec 05 40.6 Jan 06 32.4 Feb 06 18.1 Mar 06 27.7 Apr 06 38.5 May 06 39.7 Jun 06 28.9 Jul 06 23.3 Aug 06 23.5 Sep 06 21.2 Oct 06 24.1 Nov 06 23.1 Dec 06 27.3 Jan 07 22.7 Feb 07 18.5 Mar 07 11.2 Apr 07 12.2 May 07 15.8 Jun 07 18.7 Jul 07 15.4 Aug 07 10.2 Sep 07 5.4 Oct 07 3 The average for September, October and November, centered on October, at 3 is the lowest yet for this side of Cycle 23. This number was derived by adding all daily sunspot numbers for those three months, then dividing the sum (270) by the number of days, which is 91. The result is approximately 2.967, very close to 3. Monthly sunspot number averages for this year, January through November, are 28.2, 17.3, 9.8, 6.9, 19.8, 20.7, 15.6, 9.9, 4.8, 1.3 and 2.9. October's average of 1.3 is lower than September and October of 1996, during the minimum between Cycles 22 and 23. The monthly averages for August through November, 1996 were 20.7, 2.9, 2.3 and 25.6. A new table of predicted sunspot and solar flux values for Cycle 24 is in this week's Preliminary Report and Forecast of Geophysical Data at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly/ on pages 10-11, December 4 issue. For the past few years the prediction table showed no data beyond this month. The table now runs an additional eight years, through December 2015. Note the two sets of predicted smoothed sunspot data, reflecting the split consensus among members of the Cycle 24 prediction panel at this year's Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colorado. The late decline in Cycle 23 led the group away from an earlier consensus for a strong Cycle 24, and now the panel is split. One faction predicts moderately strong sunspot activity for Cycle 24, the other, moderately weak. You can see from the table of values that the strong camp shows a peak centered near August-November 2011, while the weak cycle faction predicts their peak to occur in May-October 2012. To get an idea of the relative intensity of these predictions, peruse a table of smoothed sunspot numbers at, http://tinyurl.com/3yzcyz, showing over 3,000 months of smoothed sunspot numbers back to July, 1749, nearly one-quarter millennia. I'm not suggesting comparison of the predicted values with anything further back than the past few cycles, but it is there if you need it. Another view of predicted values for this ending cycle and the next one is at, http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/Predict.txt, updated monthly. Another prediction, this time from the Australian government is at, http://www.ips.gov.au/Solar/1/6. Joe Reisert, W1JR of Amherst, New Hampshire sent an informative email concerning "great polar openings on 80 and 40 meters to Europe at our sunrise." Joe continued, "Some ops may not be aware of this propagation mainly to Scandinavia from Eastern and Central USA (perhaps even Western USA). It has already started with LA6WEA and SM2EKM coming in strong. This path usually lasts through late January. This is the time of year when the path is sort of gray line as the Northern Europeans may not be in total darkness." Joe says signals can be quite strong, often have auroral flutter, and it doesn't take an elabor
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[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #866 [Calendar]
> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 8 December 2007 A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 866 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** *** CALENDAR *** === Edited by IK1ADH and I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW PERIOD CALL REF till 08/12 KH6/I0TWA: Hawaii (OC-019) 862 till 08/12 VP9/VE3ZF: Bermuda (NA-005)865 till 09/12 AO, AN, AM: special prefixes (Spain) 852 till 09/12 TM7IET: special callsign (France) 865 till 09/12 TM8T: special event station (France) 864 till 10/12 C56JJ: The Gambia 863 till 10/12 IK1PMR/CX, K2LEO/CX, CW2C: Uruguay 866 till 10/12 KH0: Saipan (OC-086) * by KH0D, N3YS, AB2WE865 till 10/12 MJ0RLJ, MJ0JZE, GJ5XW: Jersey (EU-013) 865 till 11/12 VP5/K0OK and VP5E: Providenciales (NA-002) 857 till 11/12 VP5/KB7UB and VP5UB: Providenciales (NA-002) 857 till 12/12 XU7BUM: Cambodia 861 till 13/12 V4/W0XG: St. Kitts and Nevis 866 till 13/12 TN6X and TN9Z: Congo 866 till 14/12 TZ6JA: Mali863 till 17/12 XF4YK, XF4YW, 6E4LM: Socorro (NA-030), Revillagigedo 864 till 18/12 P40TA and P40K: Aruba (SA-036) 864 till 22/12 F8HJV: Levant Island (EU-070) 866 till 31/12 6H1, 6I2, 6J3, 6E4: special prefixes (Mexico) 817 till 31/12 9A60K: special callsign820 till 31/12 9A07P: special event station 841 till 31/12 DL100DAN: special callsign 839 till 31/12 EM50ARDF: special event station834 till 31/12 GB6OTR: special callsign (England) 821 till 31/12 HF100SK: special scout station (Poland)858 till 31/12 LX2007L, LX2007G, LX2007D: special event stations 817 till 31/12 LZ170VL: special event callsign819 till 31/12 LZ50DX: special callsign 818 till 31/12 ON50EU: special event callsign 830 till 31/12 SC300VL: special callsign (Sweden) 846 till 31/12 SG60RK: Gotland Island (EU-020)828 till 31/12 SX100VAR: special event station (Greece) 809 till 31/12 YU60BCD and YT60W. special callsigns (Serbia) 818 till 31/12 YU07HST: special event callsign830 till 31/12 Z360M: special call849 till 31/12 ZY5100SCOUT: special callsign 821 till 12/01/08 TR8CR: Gabon 865 till 15/01/08 FO5RU: French Polynesia854 till 15/01/08 VP8CXV: Falkland Islands (SA-002) 852 till 20/01/08 3D2AG: Rotuma (OC-060) 865 till 26/01/08 EA8/ON5JV and EA8/ON6AK: Tenerife (AF-004) 861 till Feb 2008 DP0GVN: Neumayer Base (DL-03, AN-016) 812 till 15/05/08 YI9MI: Iraq863 till 30/06/08 VR10: special prefix (Hong Kong) 843 till Aug 2008 C91R: Mozambique 855 till 30/09/08 9A73AA: special callsign 855 till Nov 2008 YE2IPY: special callsign 864 till ?? R1ANR: "Blue One Runway", Antarctica 863 08/12-09/12 6Y1V: Jamaica (NA-097) 865 08/12-09/12 TM4AFM: special event station (France) 864 08/12-09/12 GB80GKZ: special callsign 863 08/12-10/12 JL1OVB/1 and JO1LVZ/1: Izu Oshima (AS-008) 866 08/12-10/12 JJ2GAZ/1 and 7L3ATQ/1: Izu Oshima (AS-008) 866 08/12-15/12 PJ4/WO0Z: Bonaire (SA-006) 866 10/12-12/12 4U1ITU: ITU Geneva 866 12/12-24/12 3B8/F1BCS: Mau
[DX-NEWS] [425ENG] 425 DX News #866
> > > 425 DX NEWS < < < 425 DX News is available in the following languages: English * Italian * Japanese * Portuguese * Russian * Spanish _ 8 December 2007A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 866 === *** 4 2 5 D X N E W S *** DX INFORMATION === Edited by IK1ADH & I1JQJ Direttore Responsabile I2VGW 3B8- Jacques, F1BCS will be active as 3B8/F1BCS from Mauritius (AF-049) on 12-24 December. He plans to operate SSB and digital modes (PSK31, JT65, RTTY) on 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. [TNX F8REF] 4U1- Seppo, OH1VR will be active from 4U1ITU, the International Amateur Radio Club's station at ITU Geneva, on 10-12 December. He expects to be QRV daily between 16 and 17 UTC. [TNX The Daily DX] A4 - Omani amateur radio operators will be using their callsigns followed by /35 on 12-14 December to celebrate the 35th anniversary of their national society, the Royal Omani Amateur Radio Society (ROARS). [TNX The Daily DX] CX - Andrea, IK1PMR and Claudia, IZ1GLO/K2LEO are back in Montevideo, Uruguay and will be active as IK1PMR/CX and K2LEO/CX until 10 December. They will concentrate on 17 and 12 metres, usually between 10 and 23 UTC. Andrea will operate CW as CW2C during the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. ALL QSLs via IK1PMR. [TNX IK1PMR] F - Christian, F8HJV will be active from Levant Island (EU-070, DIFM ME-012) on 7-22 December. QSL via home call. [TNX F5NQL] HR - The HQ8R expedition to Swan Island (NA-035) [425DXN 857] has been rescheduled to take place between 15 and 23 March 2008. Participating operators so far include WQ7R/HR9, KC4CD/HR2, HR2DX, HR2DMR, HR7REA, HR2J and HR2PAC; plans are to be active on 160-10 metres SSB, CW and RTTY/PSK31 with four stations. QSL via HR2RCH (Radio Club de Honduras, P.O. Box 273, San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras). Further information and details on how contribute to the expedition can be found at http://www.hondurasdx.com [TNX HR2PAC] JA - Look for JL1OVB/1, JO1LVZ/1, JJ2GAZ/1 and 7L3ATQ/1 to be active from Izu Oshima (AS-008) on 8-10 December. They plan to operate CW, SSB and FM on the HF and VHF bands. QSL via home calls, direct or bureau. [TNX JI6KVR] JD1_mt - Masa, JA6GXK will be active again in his spare time (between 9-13 UTC and 20-22 UTC) as JD1BMM from Minami Torishima (OC-073) on 12-27 December. This time he plans to concentrate on the low bands. QSL to JD1BMM, via the JARL bureau (preferably) or direct to Masafumi Ishihara, 2-305 Loran, 2-5-35 Miyazaki, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-0806, Japan. [TNX The Daily DX] OH_ant - OJ1ABOA is the callsig issued to the Finnish Scientific Station "Aboa" (73.03S-13.25W) in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica (AN-016). An 11-member expedition will be there for about three months, and the team leader, Mika Kalakoski (OH2FFP) expects to go QRV on 6 December, running 1 KW to a twin dipole for 40 and 20 metres. QSL via OH2FFP. [TNX The Daily DX] PJ4- Larry, WO0Z (Whiskey Oscar Zero Zulu) will be active holiday style as PJ4/WO0Z from Bonaire (SA-006) on 8-15 December. He plans to operate CW, SSB and possibly RTTY on whatever bands are open. QSL via home call. [TNX WO0Z] TN - Baldur, DJ6SI and Franz, DJ9ZB will be active as TN6X (CW) and TN9Z (SSB) from the Republic of the Congo until 13 December. QSL via home calls. [TNX The Daily DX] V4 - Eric, W0XG will be active as V4/W0XG from St. Kitts until 10 December (ARRL 10 Meter Contest included) and then from Nevis until the 13th. QSL via home call. [TNX ARRL DX Bulletin] VQ9- Jim, ND9M will be returning to Diego Garcia (AF-006) on 12 December for another four-month tour and will resume operating as VQ9JC. However, he does not know yet how much of his four months will be spent there, as his ship will be leaving the island in a few weeks. If the ship is reassigned to another port, this would likely be his final chance to put out VQ9. Usually Jim cannot be QRV before 12 UTC, and his operating time tends to run about 85% CW, 10% SSB, and 5% digital, mainly on 10-80 metres. He must QRT by 16.30 UTC on Sundays through Thursdays,
