The flux is 75, the A and K are 1 though things may change as of the 
next update. I checked into a net this morning on 20 about 1630 UTC and 
had good signals from Illinois and Indiana into Colorado though quite a 
bit of QSB.
tom behler wrote:
>     Hey, Phil:
>
> That's interesting.  At first, I thought the snow did in my dipole, but my 
> swr's are still good.  Wonder if there was a solar flare or something.
>
> The bands really shouldn't be this crappy, given what people have been 
> telling me over the last few days.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 4:42 PM
> Subject: Band Conditions
>
>
> Tuned 17 meters mid morning and copied some side band activity, nothing
> strong, and heard a few CW signals including a couple of weak Europeans and
> a few stateside signals.  By afternoon, every band I tuned was terribly
> weak.  I normally, no matter how bad the conditions are, hear at least one
> or two S9 signals at the least.  Not today; all day.
>
> Phil.
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