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w1aw transmits morning fast and slow code practice Tuesday through
Friday at 1400z, or 9 am est. visitor operations are Monday through
Friday, at 1500 to 1700z, or 10 AM to 12 PM EST, and then from 1800
to 2045z, or 1 PM to 345 PM est. the revolving schedule of code
practices and bulletins, both digital and phone, begin Monday
through Friday at 2100z, or 4 PM EST, until 0500z, or 12 am est.
The complete w1aw operating schedule may be found on page 100 in the
November 2005 issue of QST or on the web at, www.arrl.org/w1aw.html.
No sunspots. The average daily sunspot number from the previous
reporting week to the current dropped six points to 7R7. There have
been no visible sunspots over four days so far, October 24 to 27.
Dont expect an improvement for the CQ Worldwide DX SSB Contest this
weekend. Thankfully geomagnetic conditions are stable, and the
longer nights as we head toward winter solstice are good for 160, 80
and 60 meter operation. Steve Carpenter, KG4LDD near Knoxville,
Tennessee was listening to the Gatlinburg 2 meter repeater on
146R850 MHz and heard KB5LTB in West Monroe Louisiana. They talked,
and while the Louisiana station was scratchy, he was also quite
readable. On October 17 through the same repeater he worked N9VX in
Connersville, Indiana, who was full quieting into the machine.
Sunspot numbers were 15, 15, 13, 11, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 7R7.
10R7 cm flux was 76R7, 75R3, 74R7, 74R2, 73R4, 73, and 72, with a
mean of 74R2. Estimated planetary A indices were 3, 2, 6, 2, 4, 19
and 8 with a mean of 6R3. Estimated mid latitude A indices were 2,
1, 7, 2, 3, 17 and 8, with a mean of 5R7‚

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