Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

30 May, 2010

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels.

Sunspot 1 072 is slowly decaying with no sign of a successor yet.
The effective sunspot number is expected to be less than 10 for the coming week.

15 m will provide the best opportunities for DX followed by 17 and 20 m. Conditions to India will be good from the afternoons onwards. During the late afternoons and early evenings it will be good towards Europa. Contacts with the USA are once again becoming challenging. Contacts with Australia and New Zealand will be challenging. During the afternoons and evenings 15 m contacts may also be possible with Brazil although conditions are becoming slightly challenging.

Local conditions are going to be good during the day time on 40 m. 20 m is still useful over the longer distances during the middle of the day. 80 m is best for the shorter distances and also early mornings and late afternoons.

80 m is the frequency of choice during the evenings.

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