Expect additional sunspot regions this weekend - at least one new sunspot group should be numbered by NOAA, today.

Several C-class flares already in the last 24 hours.

Expect increase in 10.7-cm flux this weekend.

Activity overall will increase in the next 24 to 48 hours. Follow on twitter: @hfradiospacewx - hourly data reports. Facebook group:
http://tinyurl.com/fb-spacewx

Radio enthusiasts: enjoy the High Frequencies, and go hunt the signals!

73 de NW7US, Tomas David Hood

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February 06, 2010 at 22:54Z:

Another M-class flare - flux jumps 10 points

10.70-cm flux rose a sharp ten points to 88, and another M-Class flare at 2137 UTC (M1.3), 2010-FEB-06. The 15-meter amateur band is hoping with trans-oceanic and trans-equatorial DX. While the flares are causing radio blackout conditions over sunlit regions, the overall increase in higher-HF propagation is noticeably encouraging after a number of years without significant solar activity. The ten-point increase appears to have caused enough change in ionospheric energy to strengthen mid-HF propagation.

Expect more excitement over the next 48 hours.

73 de NW7US, Tomas David Hood

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