Colin,

Now don't go trying to encourage Butch for ordering that new radio.  We 
don't want him getting the big head just because he thinks he's going to get 
to work friends on 75 meters two or three times a year.  You are correct 
about the other study which said we were on the upswing of a super peak 
season but if the calendar runs out before the peak years, that will be a 
bummer.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Scientists predict rare 'hibernation' of sunspots


> Now I'm really confused.
> Didn't nasa and some other world renouned scientific organization just
> release a study not long ago that said we were supposed to get some sort 
> of
> major solar activity in 2012? the biggest since the 1800's?
> And I've read no fewer than 5 different articles on how this current 
> cycle,
> 24, is supposed to have the most solar activity in several cycles or some
> such.
> Now another study, 3 actually, come out saying the opposite.
> This leads me to believe that scientists don't actually know what will
> happen at all.  But, bassed on limited prior experience, are trying to 
> make
> predictions.
> All I know is that dx has gotten somewhat better over the past year and a
> half.
> So something is ramping up...
> But apparently good DX, or at least, better dx, is no indicator of what 
> the
> sun is doing, or will do...they have to look at jet streams and earth
> surface temperature averages and that kind of thing to determine what the
> suns doing hi hi.
> I'm no expert obviously, but I can see that there are certainly 
> conflicting
> views with regard to what may or may not occur.
> All of them with very logical, rational and reasonable facts and numbers 
> to
> support their findings or hypothesis.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
>