>(in fact I don't even recall the Cycle affecting Top Band very much, unlike
>the higher bands.
Roger, I somewhat agree that things do seem a little different this time as
even HF is not reflecting what these high flux numbers should be doing. I may
be wrong but this present run-up of the cycle seems to have much more flaring
(sometimes 20-30 per day) than previous cycles have had and these can really
disrupt even HF propagation on the polar path. If we can see several days of a
quiet undisturbed field things might improve for a bit.
Steve 73
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