Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

13 December, 2009

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. A small but active sunspot appeared on Wednesday, breaking the current spotless streak.

20 and 15 m will provide the best opportunities for DX. Conditions to India will be good from the afternoon onwards.

During the late afternoons and early evenings it will be moderate towards Europa. In the afternoons there are good possibilities for contacts with the USA on 15 m. Contacts with New Zealand will be possible for a short while on 15 m during the mornings. Conditions to Australia are challenging. During the afternoons and evenings 20 and 15 m contacts may be possible with Brazil.

Local conditions are going to be good on 40 m during the day time. 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. With summer here 20 m is also once again very useful for contacts over the longer distances, especially during the mornings.

80 m is the frequency of choice in the evenings.

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