Solar weather/Cycle 25 and the solar minimum

[Tokin]

They wont know for months but it appears the solar minimum may be over. Sun spot activity is expected to peak around 2025.
Ive experienced very odd and erratic skip conditions during high sun spot activity and personally cant wait for these conditions.
Anyone else?
https://www.livescience.com/new-sunspot-solar-cycle-begins.html

 

[Woody-202]

They wont know for months but it appears the solar minimum may be over. Sun spot activity is expected to peak around 2025.
Ive experienced very odd and erratic skip conditions during high sun spot activity and personally cant wait for these conditions.
Anyone else?
https://www.livescience.com/new-sunspot-solar-cycle-begins.html

From what I've read, I think we're going to get to cycle 25 faster than it was previously thought to arrive.

 

[sp5it]

I don't complain... Maybe because antenna system?

 

[Tokin]

I don't complain... Maybe because antenna system?

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[Shadetree Mechanic]

I don't even have my beam up yet. I have got to get busy!

 

[Tokin]

I don't even have my beam up yet. I have got to get busy!

Same here. Im rebuilding an old 60' pneumatic will burt mast to hold a Maco Comet. Im going to mount the mast to a trailer frame to make it portable.

 

[RT431]

I've read the same thing about cycle 25. Need to get the ps repaired and the beam up another 10' and reroute the rotor cable and coax as long as the weather holds out. But for now the AstroPlane will be what I will be using.

 

[sp5it]

???

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/sp5it

 

[Handy Andy]

Well, Cycle 24 has wound down, the newer ones' Magnetic field (read Pole) orientation is now different - SDO shows that the newer ones - they are opposite polarity than those of the previous cycle. So at best it's starting. Also the Latitudes on the Solar disk, where the sunspots are forming are more separated. The new cycle starts nearer to the Poles than the previous cycle- soon though, they'll begin to form further towards the suns equator like the previous cycle did. Just pushing the old cycle out so #25 can take over...

But also there has been a lot of Tropospheric (Ducting) events as of late - very regional and nearly straight line of sight even over the horizon.

Seems there has been a lot of influx of Gulf moisture-laden air roaring up thru the mid-west from the warmer southern climate.

 

[Blackcat630]

Same here. Im rebuilding an old 60' pneumatic will burt mast to hold a Maco Comet. Im going to mount the mast to a trailer frame to make it portable. View attachment 33164

When I first saw this pic I thought you were building a small missile silo.

 

[Handy Andy]

When I first saw this pic I thought you were building a small missile silo.

Or we have located the photographic evidence Iran violated their Treaty. It was "supplied by" Epstein before he committed suicide....

 

[Riverman]

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/sp5it

Solar cycle? What solar cycle?
Nice antenna, Mike.