Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

27 December, 2009

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. During the week there were two sunspot regions visible.

On Tuesday sunspot 1 036 erupted, producing a solar flare that packed as much energy as a million megatons of TNT.

The effective sunspot number is expected to be between ten and fifteen for the coming week. Overall conditions are on the rise.

20 and 15 m will provide the best opportunities for DX. Conditions to India will be good from the afternoons 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 periods on 15 m during the mornings.

Contacts with Australia will be possible on 20 m during the afternoons. During the afternoons and evenings 20 and 15 m contacts may also 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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South African Radio League

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