With the appearance of two sunspots, the past 11 days had some nice HF propagation. Combined with quiet geomagnetic conditions and month after month of quiet Sun, it seems quite a dramatic relief. Sunspot 1026 has faded away, and sunspot 1027 -- which appeared later than 1026 but actually led it in the Sun's rotation -- has just rotated out of view, over the Sun's western limb. You could see this early Friday morning by viewing the STEREO animation.
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