Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

04 October, 2009

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at very low levels. There were official sunspots for more than 10 days in
a row over the last two weeks.

20 and 15 m will provide best opportunities for DX. Conditions to the East and the West will be good from the afternoons onwards.

During the late afternoons and early evenings it will be good towards Europe. In the afternoons there are good possibilities of contacts with the USA on 15 m. Contacts with New-Zealand are going to be challenging. During the early mornings, late 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. 80 m is the frequency of choice in the evenings.

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