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VK4AYQ
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Posted: 03:47am 21 Jan 2011

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Hi All

A little except from NASA regarding sunspot activity over the next few years, quite interesting.

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From NASA:

Solar Cycle Prediction

(Updated 2011/01/03)

Current prediction for the next sunspot cycle maximum gives a smoothed sunspot number maximum of about 59 in June/July of 2013. We are currently two years into Cycle 24 and the predicted size continues to fall.

Predicting the behavior of a sunspot cycle is fairly reliable once the cycle is well underway (about 3 years after the minimum in sunspot number occurs. Prior to that time the predictions are less reliable but nonetheless equally as important. Planning for satellite orbits and space missions often require knowledge of solar activity levels years in advance.

In other words, we can expect less than optimum DX conditions and more global cooling.

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All the best

Bob

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Posted: 12:25pm 21 Jan 2011

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And you thought I would not google it

allan

"I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it" - (Act II, Scene IV).

VK4AYQ
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Posted: 01:47pm 21 Jan 2011

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He He He

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