Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dl05.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id C2725380000B0; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:53:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1QWw8i-0001NM-I3 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:52:36 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1QWw8i-0001ND-57 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:52:36 +0100 Received: from mail-pv0-f171.google.com ([74.125.83.171]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QWw8f-00051B-7Z for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:52:36 +0100 Received: by pva4 with SMTP id 4so936965pva.16 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:52:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=laffW+CGvn4lwDDOsVCarS3o2EiXsX4wr4qpyCcKAAQ=; b=ax4ZWsRQGPAM9NUmoOYBwtpTEplK5ReUXKrfl3ZjFg8r6mn663+LQ0jDNKeTDca4bH NClFgXAGu0WPC7soawKwr+NYS+2v1ygtz1G1O3G8FjRmCCliR/wohYo7iZb99FcvDIRo I/Lym2XKT9Fi8lJAta5iqDQDEwSVF7qT+QFd8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=ZfoVi9RELxBOYhorNYo5yTCQupmcTZdYpOG0Ouh5SUsyKJwfMhCR4636GY7fbT6Ngy yHMIZbtJu3phIC6iU53IwXGv2wNBdRH89qcsaum7zinoLhkLftQz1cemlpwsW2GWq/IP oYSUK447DtZmPO5WjJmxtdzRGRP2wHXUAmowo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.200.17 with SMTP id x17mr3673wff.214.1308167545973; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.132.17 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:52:25 +0100 Message-ID: From: Roger Lapthorn To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org, sub9khz@yahoogroups.com, GQRP@yahoogroups.com DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: Scientists predict rare 'hibernation' of sunspots Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd28df6e26d0804a5c57d32 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:362777504:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-d245.1 ; domain : gmail.com DKIM : fail x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d4ad34df90dd41554 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none --000e0cd28df6e26d0804a5c57d32 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Spotted (sic) this today.... "For years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would by around 2012 move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot activity, but lately a curious calm has suggested quite the opposite. See http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110614/ts_afp/usspacesun " This could have quite significant impact on propagation in the coming years. Time to get serious about VLF and LF and to return to 70cm/23cm perhaps and give up on the higher HF bands? 73s Roger G3XBM -- http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/ http://www.g3xbm.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/user/g3xbm https://sites.google.com/site/sub9khz/ --000e0cd28df6e26d0804a5c57d32 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Spot= ted (sic) this today....

"For=20 years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would by around 2012 =20 move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot =20 activity, but lately a curious calm has suggested quite the opposite.=A0 See http= ://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110614/ts_afp/usspacesun
"

This could have quite significant impact on propagation in the co= ming years. Time to get serious about VLF and LF and to return to 70cm/23cm= perhaps and give up on the higher HF bands?

73s
Roger G3XBM
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http://= g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/
http://www.g3xbm.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/user/g3xbm
https:= //sites.google.com/site/sub9khz/

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