Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

18 October, 2009

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at very low levels. There are no official sunspots and the visible disk is spotless.

20 and 15 m will provide best opportunities for DX with 10 m showing signs of waking up in the afternoons. 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 mornings it may be possible to make contacts with Australia on 20 m. In the afternoons there are good possibilities for contacts with the USA on 15 m. Contacts with New Zeeland 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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