[NCDXA] K3ZO: SFI BEING REPORTED AT 252

[Alfred Laun]

Thanks Frank:

I figured it was too  good to be true.  I was surprised however that there
was no immediate discussion about it on solarham  and similar sites.

73, Fred, K3ZO

On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 12:20 AM Frank W3LPL <donovanf at starpower.net> wrote:

> Hi Fred,
>
> The Penticton solar flux index is measured every day at 2000Z.
> Solar flare activity just before 2000Z contaminated the measurement.
> The 2300Z Penticton solar flux index was 134.
>
>
> www.spaceweather.gc.ca/forecast-prevision/solar-solaire/solarflux/sx-5-flux-en.php
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"ncdxa" <ncdxa at ncdxa.org>
> *To: *"K3EW" <phillipbarsky at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *"ncdxa" <ncdxa at ncdxa.org>
> *Sent: *Monday, August 29, 2022 1:49:49 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [NCDXA] SFI BEING REPORTED AT 252
>
> I find it hard to believe that the SFI was able to jump so much from one
> three-hour period to the next.  However I don't see any discussion of this
> sudden increase on propagation websites thus far.
>
> I was in the YO DX Contest and the Brazilian CVA Contest last night and
> today.   I found a curious lack of front-to-back ratio on 40 meter signals
> last night on my 40 meter beam, as though signals were arriving at an angle
> so high that the beam's ability to handle them in a normal fashion was
> diminished.
>
> As for the CVA Contest during the day Sunday, I found that absorption on
> 20 and 15 meters was so high toward Brazil that I kept on returning to 10
> meters again and again.   Ten became the band that just kept on giving.
>
> Interesting times...
>
> 73, Fred, K3ZO
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 8:48 PM Phillip Barsky via NCDXA <ncdxa at ncdxa.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 10 AND 15 SHOULD BE A BLAST TOMORROW
>>
>> GL  73 PHIL  K3EW
>>
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