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Subject: Solar Cycle 25 update Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:56 am
Solar Cycle 25 update Solar Maximum might arrive a little sooner than expected. Recent sunspot counts suggest that new Solar Cycle 25 is over-performing compared to official forecasts, and could peak in 2024 instead of 2025. Get the full story @ Spaceweather.com.
John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4134 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:04 pm
Thanks for the info, Mark. Cannot wait for conditions to pick up.
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NUBSTER 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26 CT050 26 FB080 26 WT105 26 TE171 Posts : 948 Times Thanked : 51 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : NORTH LONDON Equipment Used : ORIGINAL President Lincoln, President Teddy , Silver Eagle microphones , Gainmaster antenna, use a AMP ofcourse I do sometimes Age : 66
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:56 pm
Oh good just in time for retirement age lol
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:55 am
NUBSTER wrote:
Oh good just in time for retirement age lol
Me too. most likely not see that big a peak. as like the ones in the 80's. 73, Mark.
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NUBSTER 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26 CT050 26 FB080 26 WT105 26 TE171 Posts : 948 Times Thanked : 51 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : NORTH LONDON Equipment Used : ORIGINAL President Lincoln, President Teddy , Silver Eagle microphones , Gainmaster antenna, use a AMP ofcourse I do sometimes Age : 66
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Mon Apr 19, 2021 6:29 am
I heard it in the 70s Mark lol , when i was on the illegal days of AM it use to get blocked out with skip from Italy and the U.S. on our little 40 channel radios.
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Wed Apr 21, 2021 8:50 am
Solar Flare and Radio Blackout In a sign of increasing solar activity, the sun just produced an M-class solar flare--one of the strongest flares of new Solar Cycle 25. A pulse of X-rays and UV radiation caused a shortwave radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean, and the explosion also hurled a CME into space. Get the full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sat May 08, 2021 9:15 am
The Sun just hit Earth with a radio burst New sunspot AR2822 appeared today and promptly exploded, producing one of the strongest flares of young Solar Cycle 25. The M3.9-class explosion hurled a bright CME into space and hit Earth with a shortwave radio burst. Listen to the static and find out what comes next @ Spaceweather.com.
Hotel Zulu 253 Contributor
Posts : 86 Times Thanked : 3 Join date : 2021-04-25 QTH or Location : South Australia Equipment Used : Galaxy 959, GE 3-5826A, 1/2 wave Station Master
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sat May 08, 2021 2:55 pm
That's pretty much all I ever hear on my radio, sometimes I think I can hear faint voices, but it could just be me going crazy.
But in all seriousness, hopefully it gives us a burst of good conditions, its cool and rainy my way and I'm only hearing the locals.
BigTone Contributor
Call Sign : G8YMW or 26CT4498 Posts : 92 Times Thanked : 17 Join date : 2019-07-16 QTH or Location : Lincoln and Finningley Equipment Used : CRT 9900, Icom 705, Kenwood TS570, Icom 910 Age : 69
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sat May 22, 2021 8:23 pm
Spot 2824 has woke up this last day or so. M1 flare at 1711 utc this evening
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sun Mar 20, 2022 5:17 pm
Looking through my log shows that's it's been ten years since i last worked Indonesia so yesterday's contact was most welcome.Heard a different op today out of Java island... Cycle 25 is very much awake..
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stephen Gunrunner Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT526/MR021/M6XXX. Posts : 276 Times Thanked : 10 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : wooler north northumberland or some were near it Equipment Used : mobile 4000hp base A99 radio base magnum257hp mobile magnum 257 standed power Age : 67
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:34 pm
lots of new contacts and it was rattling away the 555 was alive not with local some of the EU but only wanting out side of the EU
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Rosssin New Member
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Tue Nov 08, 2022 1:54 pm
It’s funny, today I watched a video from 2018 by Fred in the Shed and in it there was a rough prediction for the current cycle. I join the image here.
Cozzmik 10 + Year member
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sun Nov 13, 2022 5:24 pm
4 years of good conditions by the looks of that graph....
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:25 am
......or just simply turn your damn radio on and give out a shout.
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:35 am
In all my years on radio i have always used the method of .."or just simply turn your damn radio on and give out a shout".
Less scientific but it seems to work....
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:55 am
Ha! Ha! Spot on Sam.
I just let Mother Nature do her thing and see if she's willing for the day.
Not long ago the HF propagation reports suggested 12m was dead with a 'Poor' report and yet a blind CQ heralded an answer from Japan for me. Then I obviously got 'spotted' because within minutes every man and their dog started calling Japan!
I'm sure there's often times when the bands or propagation is open and no one bothers because the 'scientific reports' say otherwise.
Bit like cancelling a BBQ event because rain is 'predicted' and then it's glorious sunshine all day!
Switch on, tune in, pick up that mic/key/whatever and simply transmit......because there may well be others listening out.
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Call Sign : M3VUI Posts : 52 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2019-08-10 QTH or Location : Somerset Equipment Used : Yaesu FTDX10- Anytone 2/70 - EFLW-20 , 2/70 Co-Linear Age : 51
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:05 pm
Agreed, just shout
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skyrider Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4654 Posts : 359 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2022-09-25 QTH or Location : Preston, Lancs. Equipment Used : UNIDEN 100, midland alan 78 plus multi + mag mount , silver rod Age : 64
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Thu Jan 26, 2023 1:02 pm
here we go again
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babis3g Senior contributor
Call Sign : 18-CT-006 Posts : 164 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2022-11-16 QTH or Location : Corfu Greece, jm99ug Equipment Used : PNI 6500 & Sirio Boomerang 27A Age : 55
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:45 pm
Hotel Zulu 253 wrote:
That's pretty much all I ever hear on my radio, sometimes I think I can hear faint voices, but it could just be me going crazy.
But in all seriousness, hopefully it gives us a burst of good conditions, its cool and rainy my way and I'm only hearing the locals.
Noticed now, because came up with latest posts ... is not just you, same happens here, sometimes can hear at a band faint voice or like talks at about half freqs of a band... i noticed with 2 radios which suppose to have good sensitivity, example pl-990 at LW band, my new pni6500 done it 2 times at night ... but i think i blame the circuit maybe to sensitive could pick up an interference from a local radio ... to me happens the night time, but seems sometimes predicting it could be good receiving radios catches the next day
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KhannaeeM New Member
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Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:58 pm
Guest wrote:
Does this mean I won’t be able to go out on my BMX..
Solar Cycle 25 update Solar Maximum might arrive a little sooner than expected. Recent sunspot counts suggest that new Solar Cycle 25 is over-performing compared to official forecasts, and could peak in 2024 instead of 2025. Get the full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Cozzmik 10 + Year member
Call Sign : 26-CT-465/OP-465/FB-012 Posts : 194 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2020-04-12 QTH or Location : Kent Equipment Used : Kenwood ts570dg/Yaesu ft450d/Rm-kl400/Sirio 4000 Age : 54
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:15 am
Very much alive with 43 div (Oz) being heard loud n proud each morning this week on .385lsb...Then from midday 2 div (USA) come blasting through. 153 div (Thailand) and 91 div (Indonesia) also heard around T5.....
Enjoy 73
Edited to add a great contact with Melbourne Australia 29/9 15:35
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Subject: 11 Meter conditions. Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:19 pm
USA, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand booming in on 27.385 LSB yesterday, i could have stayed by the radio all day talking DX if i didn't have anything else to do, as it is i made multiple contacts by just putting my call sign out there, had more people coming back to me then i could handle, had loads of fun.
Charlie Tango 216. Division 2.
P.S Sometimes i get cought up in the moment and use my old call sign and handle.
451. the Coyote in the Mohave Desert. Southern California.
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4134 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:43 pm
Some great contacts there, Brian.
73s John.
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Call Sign : 2-CT-216 Posts : 53 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2022-01-25 QTH or Location : Palmdale California Equipment Used : Base RCI 2950 Mirage, Mirage M75 Amatuer Bi-Linear Amplifier,with a Antron 99 base station antenna, Mobile radio Cobra 29 LTD Classic and Wilson 1000 Mag Mount Antenna, Marko F100 Amplifier.
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:10 pm
Thank you.John123 wrote:
Some great contacts there, Brian.
73s John.
TJS 26CT3029 Contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3029 Posts : 84 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2019-11-29 QTH or Location : Dudley Equipment Used : CTR SS6900 cobra 29 ltd st Fidelity CB 3000FM Ham international multimode 2 Imax 2000 Age : 46
Subject: Re: Solar Cycle 25 update Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:44 pm
Not The best this year with noise and other things looks good for next year
Yesterday at 8:41 pm by spod
Subject: Solar Cycle 25 update 
Cannot wait for conditions to pick up.
Spot on Sam. 
