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The K7RA Solar Update

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Solar activity revived over the past week, with a big increase in sunspot numbers. On Friday, April 20, the daily sunspot number reached 162; four days later on April 24, the number reached 169. This level of activity has not been seen since last fall, when the daily sunspot number reached 173 on September 16, 184 on October 21 and 208 on November 9.

The average daily sunspot numbers more than d...





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I used to follow these numbers and thought I could rely on them. Not anymore. With the recent increase last week I made a total of 0 contacts last week on 11m. Whereas, last November there were contacts made daily into the EU. There's more to it than following these sunspots.
 

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