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From: rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: arrl propagation forecast bulletin nr 41
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 22:22:30 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 22:22:30 1985
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qst de k9eui
hr propagation forecast bulletin nr 41  from arrl headquarters
newington ct  october 14, 1985
to all radio amateurs bt

the very low level of solar activity  continues.   in  24  days
beginning  september 19, the solar flux averaged only 67.7, and
never was above 69.  only july 1976,  in  the  first  month  of
solar  cycle  21,  can  match  the  solar calm of september and
october, to date.   a  typical  result,  for  this  connecticut
observer,  is  that  14  mhz is almost completely a daylight dx
band.  even the old reliable 10 mhz wwv signal is gone by about
0130  utc,  until about an hour after sunrise the next morning.
the 21 mhz band is marginally useful from mid morning  to  dusk
but  mostly  to  the  lower  latitudes.  only an occasional day
provides any propagation on 24 or 28 mhz, and that for  only  a
few  hours  of  north  south work.  the 10 meter beacons in the
range 28.2 to 28.3 mhz come through briefly on the  best  days,
but only those in south america are heard currently.

prospects for the forecast  week  are  for  erratic  conditions
through  about  october  19.   there  will  be some improvement
thereafter, until about the 22nd, and again october 25  to  30.
severe  geomagnetic  disturbances  can be expected again in the
first few days of november.  these will be most troublesome  in
the northern tier of states and in canada.

there were no visible sunspots reported for the week of october
3 through 9  ar