Will we see a sunspotless day this week?

[N1LAF]

The present sunspots facing the earth is about to disappear to the other side. No indications of other sunspots forming on the present earth side. Last year, there were no days of zero sunspots, and the peak is suppose to occur next year.

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2012/20jun12/hmi200.gif

[N7YA]

Its been a weird cycle, thats for sure!

[NQ6U]

Cool, just in time for Field Day!

[n2ize]

Those are the breaks.

[WØTKX]

An awful lot of FD hours are at nighttime. So 160/80/75/40 propagation in the middle of the night may be pretty good.

[PA5COR]

40 decent last night South America was loud in Europe, 160 just local EU contacts, 80 was a bummer.
40 closed now, locally and EU,160 just groundwave up to 100 miles out, 80 dead as a dodo. 20 EU, higher bands closed.

[N1LAF]

Sunspot count today" 13

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2012/22jun12/hmi4096_blank.jpg

It is amazing being a year away from peak to see a nearly blank sun.

[W7XF]

Looking like a line of sight and groundwave FD this year....

[NQ6U]

I was working South America on 20 last night and had no trouble reaching the east coast this morning. Sunspots are significant but not the whole enchalada when it comes to propagation.

[PA5COR]

Must be contest conditions, heard some EU traffic on 10 and 15 was open as well.

[n2ize]

Looking like a line of sight and groundwave FD this year....

Ahhhh... but that is what makes it a challenge ... ;)

[N7YA]

Im hearing more DX than stateside stations...weird.

I mean, not bad for me at all since thats what im into, but conditions are odd.


ITS THE APOCALYPSE!!! GET OFF MY LAWN!!



....vagina. :yes:

[n2ize]

Im hearing more DX than stateside stations...weird.

I mean, not bad for me at all since thats what im into, but conditions are odd.


ITS THE APOCALYPSE!!! GET OFF MY LAWN!!



....vagina. :yes:

Wnat are you doing on my lawn ???

[n2ize]

The present sunspots facing the earth is about to disappear to the other side. No indications of other sunspots forming on the present earth side. Last year, there were no days of zero sunspots, and the peak is suppose to occur next year.

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2012/20jun12/hmi200.gif
I never saw no spots on the sun. I'm not buying this. Sounds like a load of crap from the "no sunspot" alarmists !!! :yes:

[W7XF]

17 m was fun today!!

...vagina

[N7YA]

I did get a couple of stations right after i posted how bad the bands were. It seemed to perk right up. I will be getting on 40 in a little while, after dinner probably. Just got home from work, and you know what the place had a lot of tonight?








vagina.

[N1LAF]

Almost there... A year before peak, we may have a zero sunspot day

[N1LAF]

Revised Cycle 24 prediction...

(Updated 2012/06/05)

The current prediction for Sunspot Cycle 24 gives a smoothed sunspot number maximum of about 60 in the Spring of 2013. We are currently over three years into Cycle 24. The current predicted size makes this the smallest sunspot cycle in about 100 years.

http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml

[N7YA]

....you didnt say vagina.

[NQ6U]

Had a Venezuela station answer my CD Field Day on 20m this morning. Go figure.