Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mgweed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mgnetp!mgweed!rjr From: rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: arrl propagation forecast bulletin nr 25 Message-ID: <18209@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 22:14:12 EDT Article-I.D.: mgweed.18209 Posted: Mon Jun 24 22:14:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 04:56:26 EDT Organization: AT&T Consumer Products - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 74 qst de k9eui hr propagation forecast bulletin nr 25 from arrl headquarters newington ct june 24, 1985 to all radio amateurs bt there is much to be said for contests, especially the most popular of all, the arrl field day. generating band occupancy far beyond other contests, field day can be a two day lesson in radio propagation. if june 22 and 23 had been just another early summer weekend, would thousands of stations all over north america have been clamoring for attention on 21, 28 and 50 mhz? of course not, and this (( w1aw carrier dropped on 20 mtrs - switched to 15 mtrs))......... ten and six meters have had much less use than they merit, since solar flux and sunspot numbers dropped to near minimum levels months ago. the solar flux was 69 on field day saturday and 70 sunday, but e skip on these bands made this one of the most exciting field day weekends on record. the sun has been spotless for several days, and it is likely to continue that way through this week. a rise is expected near the end of june, but whether the numbers rise or fall, e skip will continue to dominate the propagation picture for another five or six weeks, and it is not predictable in any precise way ar