Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

23 August, 2009

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at a minimum and that it is now more than 40 days without an official sunspot. The agony continues!

20 and 40 m will provide best opportunities for DX. Conditions to the East and the West will be good from the afternoon onwards.

During the late afternoon and early evenings, it will be good towards the North. In the morning, it may be possible to make contacts with Australia. Contacts with New Zealand may be possible on 40 m during the evenings. During the early mornings and evenings, 40 m contacts may be possible with Brazil.

Vincent, ZS6BTY, publishes an excellent near real-time graphical link reliability prediction for all the amateur bands on the Pretoria Amateur Radio Club's website. This prediction is available at www.parc.or.za. Click on the "Propagation" tab.

Local conditions are going to be good on 40 m during the daytime. 80 m may perform well during the early mornings and late afternoons over the shorter distances. 30 m will perform well over the longer distances during the middle of the day. 80 m is the frequency of choice in the evenings.

Please visit www.spaceweather.co.za for further information.

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