[net.ham-radio] arrl propagation forecast nr 38

rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (09/19/84)

qst de k9eui
hr propagation forecast bulletin nr 38  from arrl headquarters
newington ct  september 17, 1984
to all radio amateurs  bt

the solar flux fell steadily, from 93 on sept 3 to  73  on  the
15th and 16th.  this range of flux variations is reminiscent of
the summer of 1977.  the last time we had  two  days  with  the
flux at 73 came in the middle of april of that year, when cycle
21 was only nine months old.

despite the solar flux decline, radio propagation was generally
fair  to  good,  and  getting  better,  thanks to the improving
position of the