Issued : 24th September 2008 UTC : 18:15 Past 3 months: Solar activity was very low. The lowest sunspot and solar flux values of this minimum have been measured from June untill September. The sun has been almost spotless for over 3 months now. The Solar Flux dropped to 64.2 in July, which is the lowest value in more than 50 years. SC23 (Solar Cycle 23) activity has decreased to almost zero, so we could conclude that SC23 has finally ended. observed one tiny SC24 region without sunspots which was present from August 1st untill August 5th. On September 22nd the largest SC24 regions untill now (8 sunspots) emerged, which is finally a positive sign after the a long quiet period. Because of the very low solar activity, the Earth's geomagnetic field was remarkably quiet during the past three months, allowing relatively stable propagation. F2 propagation was very poor. On the northern hemisphere the Es (sporadic-E) season became very good. Especially >2000km multihop Es paths were open quite often with nice paths ranging from North America and West Indies to Europe, and from Europe to several Asian divisions. Next 3 months: Solar activity is expected to remain very low. In last we expected solar activity to pick up again in August/September, but at this moment we do not have any idea how solar activity will develop next 3 months. Studying observations of other Solar Cycles, solar activity can easily pick up in a few months, and push solar flux to 100, which is a kind of turning point for propagation on 11m. On the other hand, this minimum has surprised us already a few times, so we we could also be stuck with a mostly spotless sun for three months more. If that is the story when we issue our next in December, we might have indications that SC24 could become one with a low sunspot maximum. F2 propagation will remain very poor, with only occasional openings across lower and middle latitudes. A quiet geomagnetic filed will contribute in an occasional path ending somewhere at the edges of the higher latitudes. Es propagation season is expectded to take off early November in the southern hemisphere, with propagation quite similar to last Es season on the northern hemisphere. Es propagation will pick up during December in the northern hemisphere with seasonal winter shortksip up to 2000km.