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Again quiet weekend on 11m - logged a few W European stations to DX27 on Sat. Got two new ones Herman 218AT012 and Rene 261SD/0 divisions! Talked to good friend Jack 54AT105 very loud 5/9 10 over - nice long qso! On 20/17m Sat/Sun was very busy and wide open in Ohio and all new contacts -...

After work again 11m very quiet around 4:30pm - did hear Caribbean with a low S5/1 signal. So then on to 20m - heard Australia station with a loud 5/9 signal, then mostly S. American stations - few Caribbean stations. Next to 17m - heard Falkland Island 5/4 signal, then a few Japan...

Been getting home by 4:45pm from work and conditions have been dead on 11m in Ohio - nothing! 20m got Canary Island/Norway/Australia all around 6pm with some big signals. Also heard couple Japan stations on 17/20 meter after 6pm.

Nice QSO with you also Ghutch, great sounding mobile - strong signal into Ohio - also hope your feeling better! Not much 11m this weekend - mostly Western Europe nothing new heard. February SFI predictions are looking up. Put my rotatable 20m dipole up another 15' about 1/2 wavelength up...

At work:bored: looking at upcoming SFI predictions. Month of Jan looks to stay high around 130 while Feb will rise! Looks good! Need to start submitting to DX27 - make it habit. Also Russia very hard on 11m for Ohio - best chance was back in Sept 2012. This upcoming weekend with Monday...

Sat was very busy on 11m much qrm - dx starting around 8:30am Ohio time. Mostly Western Europe many large signals, got couple 233 327 divisions. 2unit333 you were very busy check dx27 cluster, more then once I heard a station having a qso with you, but could not hear you. Looks like good...

I was at work also:mad: - will be putting a mobile in near future. Todays sun data for Jan 12, 2013::thumbup: Flux index: 172 Spot number: 166 X-Ray index: B9.0 A index: 2 K index: 0 On now @ 7:30am can hear dx just at noise level.

Saw also on DX27 cluster: 234SDDX on with Netherlands this mourning, look out for him on Sat.

Flux index:174 Spot number:145 X-Ray index:B9.5 A index:3 K index:1 Still excellent this mourning --- need to get a mobile --- when smokers are on break I could be DX-ing! What kind of mobile ant you running ghutch? Hoping Sat mourning stays excellent!:unsure:

Stuck at work also camaro1 - and knowing all that dx is coming in! Very good conditions again today - was predicted downward trend till Jan 20 and continue to go up till end of Jan - have to say again great month! Current Solar Flux report: SFI: 169 A-index: 3 K-Index: 0 Report last...

I agree camaro1 - 150/196/3/0 - some very nice numbers! Jan 2013 has been very good so far!:drool: Another good site for propagation reports and DX Hot spots: QRZCQ - The database for radio hams - BETA and current and future HF predictions: WM7D dot Net

156AT011 Nic on .555 QSY-ing off to .510

156AT011 Nic now on .555 QSY-ing to .510 @10am Ohio time.

It's Sat @9am and numbers look even better: SFI 143 SS 167 A 2 K 0 Have not seen numbers like that in a while, still on .555 quiet - DX in the noise level from Europe. Heard Andy again 101AT170 Friday @5pm about a 4/4 signal on .555 Ghutch I'm at 92 div worked since I put up my ant...

New year and new DX! Looks like a good jump in SFI and SunSpots from WM7D dot Net "Looking at the past week, yesterday we saw a sizable gain in solar flux, when the value went from 106.7, 113.6, 117.8, and 119 to 128.8, on December 30 through January 3. NOAA and USAF predict solar flux at...

Thank DX man new one for me!-- got Tim @3pm on .620usb. Been pretty slow all week, nice to be able to get a new one.

Sat - heard 2st004 Florida 10:30am talk long path to Australia/New Caledonia and S Africa. Only giving me about 1/2 signal but faded into the noise level. Couple 173 divs were coming in pretty loud around 11am signal 6 and 44 div.

Couple contacts today - Monday mourning: 188SD104 Tita .580 8:30am 165CM102 Manuel .580 8:40am Heard a 2 div calling 116 div which I could not hear. Talked long path to 43JDW211 Rob .480 9:40am over 13000 miles a 4/4! Heard Rob talking to 44WT012 George - very good long path conditions...

Predicted solar flux is 115 on December 14, 120 on December 15-16, 115 on December 17-19, 110 on December 20-21, 115 on December 22-23, 110 on December 24-27, 100 on December 28-29, 95 on December 30 through January 3, 100 on January 4-5, and 105 on January 6-8. Solar flux then jumps abruptly to...

Looks like a little jump today - SFI: 112 A-index: 2 K-Index: 0 Sun Spots: 82 Since Dec 2 avg SFI been around 99.4 and Sun Spots avg 47.4!:thumbdown: So hope it continues it's climb for the weekend, and predicted peak Dec 17/18/19.