17 Mar 2015

Sunspots and 10m - Tues March 17th 2015

Sunspot number today is 57. 10m propagation is expected to be "poor" according to the forecasts I have just seen.  So far 10m spots have only been received from local G4IKZ (18km), but it is still very early.

UPDATE 0925z:   4X1RF (3519km) has already spotted my 10m 500mW WSPR beacon twice.

UPDATE 1052z:  4X1RF has spotted my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon 17 times already today.   So far, my 6m WSPR attempts (TX and RX) have again drawn a total blank so far.

UPDATE 1155z:  Now being spotted in UR, CT, G, LZ, and 4X1.  Nothing outside Europe and near Asia yet today. I think the non-G spots are F2 propagation?

UPDATE 1225z:   4X1RF has spotted my 500mW 10m WSPR beacon 45 times so far today.

UPDATE 1700z:  No USA spots received all day, well not so far. Yesterday, 10m did open to the USA  very very late in the afternoon and my 10m 500mW  WSPR beacon was copied only by 3 unique stations. Today, so far, looks dire on 10m to the USA. All HF bands have "poor" predictions so maybe it is a bad day, full stop.

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