Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut Drive, Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT 10-20: 1558, N16005 119.7 ov Ches.Br.,MD(Hop Flight, Inc.; Cessna 150; single-engine, 2-seat) 5-3: 1650, N56155 119.7 ov Kent Is.,MD(Roger W. Grundstorm; Piper PA32-260 Cherokee,1-eng,6-seat;2500 feet) 24: 1750, N555DH 119.7/ nr Easton, MD (Dallas D. Hollar; Piper 122.8 PA6-260; 1-engine, 6-seat) 6-8: 1648, KAA 471 39.46 Topeka, KS (State Highway Comm.; 100 w) 2052, N66044 119.7 ov Ches.Br.,MD(Hinson Airways, Inc.; Cessna 150M) 14: 2022, N3565Z 122.8 vic Annapolis,MD(Hardman Clinic; Piper Tri-Pacer; 1-engine, 4-seat) 15: ----, N3262R 119.7 28 mi s.e. Baltimore,MD(C.J.Hodder Lumber Co.,Inc.;Cessna 411A,1eng,8-seat;25 watts) Michael Hogan, 4811 Euclid Avenue, East Chicago, IN 46312 has found the 162 MHz NOAA weather station signals to be very useful in determin- ing the overall tropo DX conditions on hi-band VHF. The Chicago station (reported to be planning a power increase) is very audible to 25 miles. He would like to hear from others who have conducted similar observa- tions with the NOAA signals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Now, my loggings. Hallicrafters SX-62 with 30' long wire at 12' (nw-se run); * Allied 426 with Archer V-100 at 20 feet; all are Es, GMT used, new underlined 6-23: 1455, KQD 313 35.50 Dayton, OH (tone pager) 1510, KIE 953 35.58 Atlanta, GA (tone pager) 27: 1610, KDN 402 35.54 Omaha, NE (tone pager) 7-1: 0103, "PNT" * 109.6 Pontiac, IL (VOR) (MUF earlier thru Ch 7 but nothing obvious on hi-band VHF Utility even though 162.4 and 162.55 checked) 3: 0510, KQC 884 35.-- Detroit, MI (tone pager) 5: 0406, KME 438 35.22 Orange, CA (tone pager) 12: 0410, KFJ 891 35.58 Columbus, OH (tone pager) lack of many loggings again due to many days of TV & FM MUF's ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ottawa 10.7-cm solar fluxes and Fredericksburg (VA) A-Indices for June 1: 69 17 8: 66 5 15: 66 9 22: 68 6 29: 77 16 2: 71 23 9: 66 6 16: 69 15 23: 71 4 30: 76 21 3: 69 13 10: 67 6 17: 68 8 24: 74 2 4: 68 14 11: 66 14 18: 68 10 25: 76 3 avg: 69.7 5: 67 9 12: 66 21 19: 69 9 26: 77 6 6: 66 13 13: 66 16 20: 70 6 27: 79 5 lowest month yet for 7: 66 7 14: 66 11 21: 67 9 28: 78 3 Cycle 20 decline However, July 13 flux was 88, the highest since last December. So, one still can not safely say just how close to the solar low point we are. These flux data are not corrected for the variable earth-sun distance (apx 91 million miles in January and 94 million in July) so the latest spurt of activity would cause even higher fluxes at other times of the year. The Swiss and American sun spot counts for April reached the lowest averages since the bottom of the last cycle (Oct 1964). However, the smoothed averages are running relatively high yet. 73, WA5IYX