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Maybe a Solar Minimum Can Be Too Deep for 160 Meters

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Propagation observer Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, recently offered some “deep thoughts” on the Top Band Reflector. As he explained, while less geomagnetic field activity heading into winter bodes favorable 160-meter propagation, more galactic cosmic rays entering our atmosphere could become a factor.

“The Sun’s magnetic field is weakening, probably to the lowest levels in our lifetimes,” Luetzelsch...

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