What a difference a week makes… In our last report we mentioned that there were zero sunspots and a solar flux index of 130. This week has seen a turnaround with five active sunspot regions and a solar flux index of 144. HF propagation has been reasonable with openings up to 10m to various parts […]

We have just had a period of zero sunspots – the first time since June 2022. However, don’t worry. This may be a sign of things to come but this zero spot period was short-lived. There are now signs of sunspots appearing over the Sun’s eastern limb with old region 4366, last seen on 11 […]

We had a week of relatively low solar flux indices and mostly settled geomagnetic conditions. While the solar flux index fell to be in the 117 to 129 range, the Kp index was mostly in the twos and threes. This was after the weekend’s geomagnetic disturbance due to a large coronal hole that expelled solar […]

It has been a good time for HF DX. Settled geomagnetic conditions and a fairly high solar flux index has meant the ionosphere has had time to shine. With the Kp index not exceeding 4.33, and generally being in the ones and twos, coupled with a solar flux index in the 160s, this has meant […]