Here is a guestamate. Gerald (Jerry) Muller KF5EYC [email protected] ____________________________________ > The outlook for Field Day Weekend has brightened, with solar flux at 115 on > June 27-28 and 120 on Sunday, June 29.
For Field Day the solar flux is largely irrelevant because it's not a DX contest. The flux is still high enough to keep 20 open for much of the night. This takes much of the emphasis off of 40, where most operations have antennas that suck (making this an easy band for those who are LOUD there). Wire verticals are good for over 100 Q's on 80CW, but other than that, the low bands are a waste of time from this part of the country. 80M is important for those closer to the east coast. 10M conditions in this contest are dependent on Sporadic-E SHORT SKIP conditions, and this is best at the LOW point in the sunspot cycle (not now). Expect mostly marginal conditions, with a really hot (usually short) opening at some point during the contest. That could happen at any time, but often it's on Sunday morning. The consistent band will be 20. Sigs on 15 will often be weak too, but with many good openings. With decent antennas, tall trees AND good ops, 1500 Qso's per station is a reasonable goal, plus whatever you do with Gota and VHF. Good luck... Roy -- AD5Q ______________________________________________________________ NARS mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nars Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
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