Quick Look at Current Cycle 25 Conditions:
(Data rounded to nearest whole number)
Sunspots:
Observed Monthly, October 2022: 96
12-month smoothed, April 2022: 73
10.7-cm Flux:
Observed Monthly, October 2022: 131
12-month smoothed, April 2022: 116
One Year Ago: (Data rounded to nearest whole number)
Sunspots:
Observed Monthly, October 2021: 37
12-month smoothed, April 2021: 24
10.7-cm Flux:
Observed Monthly, October 2021: 90
12-month smoothed, April 2021: 80
Here is an overview of expected propagation conditions on each amateur band between 6 and 160 meters for 2023, as we see continued improvement from the rising solar cycle:
Six Meters: This band may see occasional DX-distance F-layer propagation, on days with high 10.7-cm Radio Flux numbers (greater than 100 — remember that the predicted monthly number is the expected smoothed number, and that daily numbers can range above and below the smoothed). Be observant and you might catch one of the short openings. However, it is not expected that this will be often active for DX, compared to the years of the solar cycle maximum.>) and Sporadic-E (E — see <>) activity. Aurora will still play a major role during spring and fall.
