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Hi Alan,

What do you think, could the high geomag activity be an improvement for 
the parth DL-> VK/ZL? The path has a bearing of 79 deg from here, so 
maybe its good that the signals coming through the auroral oval are well 
attenuated.
This is the path DK7FC -> VK1SV: 
http://no.nonsense.ee/qthmap/?qth=JN49IK&from=qf44mt

73, Stefan/DK7FC

Am 07.03.2012 16:11, schrieb ALAN MELIA:
> Sorry for letting you all down......after all those quiet periods just as things get interesting, I have had a major PC crash and have not rebuilt that machine yet(Idleness rules!). It has my html editor and images on it. I am keeping tabs on things with a notebook.
>
> Unfortunately I dont have all the "research" bookmarks on this machine. The SWPC warning email suggests a Kp of 6 from the first storm but I believe there may be a bigger one on the way( arrive thursday nite or friday ). There is the possibility that the effects will be additive leading to a prolonged period of poor conditions.
>
> The state of the recovery is best indicated by the Dst index, and the rate it is returning towards -20 nT. I would not be surprised if conditions were down for around 3 weeks, with localised better days in the lst week. The consolation is that daytime propagation my improve for a couple of days after the mag storms, but it will never be better than the night-time conditions.
>
> Alan
> G3NYK
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