Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

01 November, 2009

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. There was a sunspot cluster visible during the week, but it is now rotating out of view.

20 and 15 m will provide best opportunities for DX with 10 m showing signs of also livening up in the afternoons.

Conditions to the east and the west will be good from the afternoons onwards. During the late afternoons and early evenings,

it will be good towards Europe. In the mornings it may be possible to make contacts with Australia on 20 m. In the afternoons there are a good possibilities of contacts with the USA on 15 m. Contacts with New Zealand are going to be challenging.

During the afternoons and evenings, 15 and 20 m contacts may be possible with Brazil.

Local conditions are going to be good on 40 m during the daytime. 80 m may perform well during the early mornings and late afternoons over the shorter distances. 30 m will perform well over the longer distances during the middle of the day.

With summer here, 20 m is also once again becoming very useful for local, longer distance contacts. 80 m is the frequency of choice in the evenings

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