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    Master Navigator koØm's Avatar
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    As of 12/21/2018

    The days are getting longer and,

    solar-cycle-25-begun.jpg

    Cycle 25 has already begun.

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    The Fluid of Spock KD8TUT's Avatar
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    I didn't see the announcement!

    Now we get about 8 years of improving or relatively good conditions!

    Wonderful!
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    The Fluid of Spock KD8TUT's Avatar
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    Aw hell let's go for it:

    Group Hug!!!!!
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    Maunder Minimum lasts about 65 years. We ain't through yet.

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    Silly me, thinking next year would be the lowest point in sunspots....
    So good news after all.
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    Cycle 24 not dead yet...

    January 25, 2019 @ 13:40 UTC
    Sunspot 2733 / Minor Storm Observed
    Good morning. Here is a look at the lone spotted region (2733) as it transits near center disk. The sunspot cluster belonging to Cycle 24 has produced minor B-Class flares during the past day, but is not considered a threat for anything stronger than the minor C-Class range. Image below by SDO/HMI

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    Currently, HF absolutely stinks at these latitudes.
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    I want to know when to dust off my 6 meter AM tube rig....sure is quiet out there.
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    AM being next to the worst power hungry mode, FM, it's been my experience that the Collins/Clegg/Gonset crowd only comes out of the woodwork when the band is on fire. The last time I heard 6M AM was the last time around the sun and the band was wall to wall end to end stations. I worked every propagation mode known, transatlantic and trans-equatorial DX, broke the cherry on Nunavut while everybody else was calling to no avail on 20M and the Heathkit SB-110 didn't smell like burning dust. Maybe that's because I spent more time repairing it than using it... like a Harley. (;->) Oh, that was only a half accomplishment, the bums never QSLed. (:-<)

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