I started a thread about this very subject back in July at: ham.stackexchange.com/questions/8940/what-is-the-cause-of-this-unusually-long-period-of-terrible-hf-band-conditions
Let us know your opinions. Several (except one) have posted references there that this solar minimum is not *any* lower than the previous ones. Something else is going on in our ionosphere. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 6:48 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> wrote: > I suspect that http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression > shows the source of our difficulties. The highest level of geomagnetic > activity in the present cycle started in late 2014. Up to that point, > high latitude conditions in this location seemed pretty reasonable overall, > considering the progress of the solar cycle, but since then, they've been > fairly poor overall. > > Perhaps quieter geomagnetic conditions overall contribute to the > likelihood of the occurrence of sunrise peaks in signal strength? (though > that's difficult to tell if there are also no signals heard previous to > sunrise due to poor conditions) > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
