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Solar activity remains very low. At the bottom of the sunspot cycle,
any sunspot activity is fleeting. Again, another week passes with no
sunspots at all. Spaceweather.com reports no sunspots for the past
two weeks, and the total number of spotless days this year is now
213 days, or 73 percent, matching the percentage of spotless days in
2008.  Average daily solar flux during the week of October 10 to 16
was 67.3, down insignificantly from 67.6 during the previous week.
Average daily planetary A index was 6.4, down from 14.4 in the
previous week, and average daily mid latitude A index declined from
11 to 5.1.  The predicted solar flux for the next 45 days is 66 on
October 18 to 25, then 68 on October 26 through December 1.
Predicted planetary A index is 5 on October 18 to 20, then 12, 8, 5,
20, 25, 12, 10 and 8 on October 21 to 28, then 5 on October 29 to
November 9, then 8 on November 10 and 11, then 5 on November 12 to
16, 15 on November 17, 5 on November 18 and 19, then 15, 20, 10 and
8 on November 20 to 23, and 5 on November 24 to 30.  Geomagnetic
activity forecast for the period October 18 until November 12, 2019
from F.K. Janda, OK1HH.  Rick Tucker, W0RT of Parsons, Kansas was
listening for HZ1TT on October 14 on 21.023 MHz at 1045 UTC. The
band sounded dead, but at 1115 UTC he copied 8 or 10 European
stations calling and working the Saudi station. Rick said he never
heard HZ1TT, but HZ1TT was spotted by a VE9.  If you would like to
make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at,
k7ra at arrl.net .  For more information concerning radio
propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service web page.  A
detailed explanation of numbers used in this bulletin is also
available on this site.  An archive of past propagation bulletins is
also available.  Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions
and twelve overseas locations can be found on the ARRL/Propagation
web page.  Find better information and tutorials on propagation on
the K9LA web site.  The multiple websites mentioned in this bulletin
can be found in teleprinter, packet, and Internet versions of 2019
Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP042.  Sunspot numbers were 0, 0,
0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 67.5, 68.5,
68.3, 67.2, 66.2, 67.2, and 66.3, with a mean of 67.3. Estimated
planetary A indices were 13, 8, 5, 2, 6, 5, and 6, with a mean of
6.4. Middle latitude A index was 10, 6, 4, 1, 5, 5, and 5, with a
mean of 5.1.

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