On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:57:15 -0500, Scott in Baltimore
wrote:

+++Steveo wrote:
+++ Steveo wrote:
+++ hello.
+++
+++ N. Dakota is loud now on the flatside.
+++
+++
+++I was hearing Florida yesterday and today I was hearing the midwest.
+++
+++The sunspots responsible for this have rotated off the visible face
+++of the sun. Not to worry, if they last another 14 days they'll
+++rotate back around to the front of the sun just in time for 10
+++meters to welcome all the new users on February 23rd!
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Florida to Maryland sounds more like an E hop than F layer
propogation. E layer propogation does not necessarily require heavy
sunspot activity. 10/11/12 meter E layer propogation is relatively
prevelent at local noontime.

Sporadic E does not even require sunspot activity.

james