• The K7RA Solar Update

    From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@bbs.alt119.net.remove-frs-this to All on Fri May 15 11:22:33 2020
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    No sunspots appeared last week. The previous seven days had only one big sunspot group on one day, with a sunspot number of 35. Over the seven-day period this averaged out to a sunspot number of 5, so average daily sunspot numbers declined from 5 to 0 this week.
    Average daily solar flux also declined, by one point from 69.5 to 68.5. Geomagnetic indicators were quiet, with average daily planetary ...

    http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-k7ra-solar-update-629
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  • From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@bbs.alt119.net.remove-t21-this to All on Fri May 22 09:22:34 2020
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    Still no sunspots to report. Spaceweather.com reported on May 20 that the current stretch of days with no sunspots has now reached 18. And with that the 2020 percentage of days with no sunspots has risen to 77%, equal to 2019. Until May 15 that statistic stood at 76%.
    Average daily solar flux for the week rose to 69, marginally higher than last week's average of 68.5. Average planetary A index d...

    http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-k7ra-solar-update-630
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  • From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@bbs.alt119.net.remove-a94-this to All on Fri May 29 14:11:43 2020
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    No significant solar activity over the past week, and still no sunspots observed since the end of April. According to Spaceweather.com, the percentage of spotless days in 2020 has inched up another notch to 79%.  The percentage of days showing no sunspots for all of 2019 was 77%.
    Average daily solar flux for last week was 69.6, up from 69 during the previous week. Average mid-latitude A index wa...

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  • From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@bbs.alt119.net.remove-34b-this to All on Tue Jun 2 15:34:25 2020
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    No significant solar activity over the past week, and still no sunspots observed since the end of April. According to Spaceweather.com, the percentage of spotless days in 2020 has inched up another notch to 79%.  The percentage of days showing no sunspots for all of 2019 was 77%.
    Average daily solar flux for last week was 69.6, up from 69 during the previous week. Average mid-latitude A index wa...

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  • From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@nntp.alt119.net to All on Fri Jun 5 18:35:14 2020
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    Two new sunspots emerged this week, with a one-day gap on Tuesday with no sunspot. Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 0 last week to 3.3 in this week, May 28 through June 3.
    It seems odd, but average daily solar flux was 69.6, unchanged from the previous seven days. Average daily planetary A index rose from 4 to 6, but average middle latitude A index was 5.7, same as last week.
    Predicted sol...

    http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-k7ra-solar-update-632
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  • From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@belver.alt119.net to All on Fri Jul 17 08:18:29 2020
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    It turns out last week's bulletin ARLP028 did not get posted to the ARRL web site and did not go out via the usual channels. If you need a copy, check the bulletin archive link given at the end of this bulletin (perhaps tomorrow), or email a request to the author at k7ra@arrl.net.
    Over the past week, July 9-15, just one day had sunspot activity, and that was July 10 when the daily sunspot number...

    http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-k7ra-solar-update-637
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  • From American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources@american.radio.relay.league.|.ham.radio.association.and.resources@belver.alt119.net to All on Sun Jul 26 18:34:19 2020
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