Propagation

Propagation

Useful sources of information about radio wave propagation

Space weather — current conditions on the Sun and around and on Earth. Solar wind, flares, sunspots, K- and A-indices, interplanetary magnetic field, geomagnetic storms, forecasts, and more.	http://spaceweather.com/
Current auroral activity: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html
Auroral activity forecast: http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/
Current solar images: http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/
Current SOHO coronal image: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/512/latest.gif
Space Weather Now (NWS/NOAA): http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/
Real-time 6m/2m/70cm paths: http://www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php
Global maps of ionospheric total electron content: http://iono.jpl.nasa.gov//latest_rti_global.html
Real-time 50 MHz paths: http://maps.dxers.info/tec/6m_tec.php

There is a 4-D ionosphere exploration tool used in conjunction with Google Earth: — NASA Science News story about the tool — The visualization tool
Propfire Firefox plugin: http://www.n0hr.com/Propfire.htm
Many resources on one (large!) page: http://www.telefonica.net/web2/ismael/REMER/HF/panelhf.htm
Loads of current propagation info: http://hfradio.org/propagation.html
Even more: http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/
Loads of DX spots: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/

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