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