Issued: 1st January 2009, 1135 UTC

LATITUDE

N 90-65°

N 65-45°

N 45-20°

Equat

S 20-45°

S 45-65°

S 65-90°

N 65-90°

1 (Es)

2 (Es)

0

0

0

0

0

N 45-65°

2 (Es)

3 (Es)

3 (Es)

1

1

0

0

N 20-45°

0

3 (Es)

4 (Es)

2

2

1

0

Equat

1

1

2

2

9 (Es)

7 (Es)

0

S 20-45°

0

1

2

9 (Es)

9 (Es)

9 (Es)

6 (Es)

S 45-65°

0

0

1

7 (Es)

9 (Es)

9 (Es)

6 (Es)

S 65-90°

0

0

0

0

6 (Es)

6 (Es)

6 (Es)

0 = no propagation, 9 = excellent propagation, Es = Sporadic-E propagation

TREND: >2000km propagation is expected to remain very poor. There is a little chance for occasional openings across the middle and lower latitudes, and along the grey line. Conditions are at normal levels because of a mostly unsettled geomagnetic activity. Some F2 openings possible in the northern hemisphere and partially southern hemisphere, because of seasonal influences. <2000km is still improving in the southern hemisphere with strong signals, as the Es (Sporadic-E) season is nearing it's peak around the end of the month. Multihop-Es above 1800km distance is possible during the morning and late evening. In the northern hemisphere occasional Es can be expected.

How to read this table:

Under or next to latitude you can read the first letter for your hemisphere (N = Northern, S = Southern). The next two numbers are the latitudes. For example if your QTH is Berlin (Germany), you are in the northern hemisphere (N) at 52° latitude, you can read your latitude in the left column (N 45-65°). If you want to make DX to for example Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), that location is in the southern hemisphere (S) at 23° latitude, you can read the latitude in the upper row (S 20-25°). The corresponding number indicates what is forecasted for propagation (0 = no propagation, 9 = excellent propagation).