in extreme cases solar flares can Zaffect the vhf bands but they primarily 
affect the hf bands.  The site I use is as follows 
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/wwv.txt.  As of a couple of hours 
ago, the flux was 100 the a index was 10 and the k index was 2.  73- pat 
kk3f
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Subject: solar flares and how it affects the bands


> Hi, i know this was talked about but i don't rmember.  Where do i go to
> find out the solar index and stuff like that that ham operators are
> interested in and does the solar index matter on bands like 2 meters?
>
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> Have a great day!
> 73's
> Scott
> kb0clz
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