SEATTLE, WA, Aug 22, 2003--Sunspot numbers are down 19 percent, solar flux is down 7 percent and the planetary A index is up 42 percent: Could it be any worse for HF operators? Well yes, it could, but those percentages reflect the change in average daily indices from last week to this week. What could be worse of course are zero sunspots with solar flux around 70 or lower--which is what we saw about seven years ago at the bottom of the solar cycle.
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