Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

21 March, 2010

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. Sunspot 1054 remains quiet as it transits the northern hemisphere of the sun.

In the region towards the eastern part of the sun has finally formed a few sunspots and was numbered
1 056 on Wednesday.

The effective sunspot number is expected to be between twenty and twenty-five for the coming week.

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 fair towards Europe. In the afternoons there are good possibilities of contacts with the USA on 15 m. Contacts with Australia and New Zealand will be challenging. During the afternoons and evenings good 20 and 15 m contacts may also be possible with Brazil.

Most afternoons 17 m is open to many parts of the world. The majority of activity is concentrated on Friday afternoons and also over the weekends.

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 during the middle of the day. 20 m is very useful for contacts over the longer distances during the majority of the day.

80 m is the frequency of choice in the evenings.

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