> In spite of the lack of sunspots HF amateur radio propagation has greatly
> improved in the last few days. 20m has been especially improved with 15m
> opening after a long quiet time. 10m was open in the US most of Saturday
> afternoon.

> Could the correspondence of propagation and sunspots be over stated?
> I am just a user, not an expert!

Is that literally 'in the last few days' or was it in late September?
There was a brief burst of sunspot activity from about September 21st
to October 1st.
'All quiet on the Western Front' since then.
There are other solar activity indicators, but they also looked rather quiet.
The solar radio flux and xray levels have not shown the same almost
complete null that the sunspot activity has been showing.


Russell

Sig:
> "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit of
> justice is no virtue."
> -Barry Goldwater

Sigrep:
I think we all agree with Barry on the meaning of "extremism".
But there may be some divergence on exactly what "liberty" and
"justice" mean :-).
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