Ionaut — Ham Radio

NEW: 27-DAY SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK The sun turns once in about 27 days — what faces away today looks back at Earth 27 days from now. That is what the new outlook on the space weather page rests on: solar flux, A index, Kp and storm level for the coming four weeks, from NOAA's table. The first six days are a real forecast, what follows is a trend from solar rotation — and the view says so, instead of feigning the same certainty for four weeks. The flux is nudged by our own measurements. NEW: THE FORECAST GRADES ITSELF Every night we record what was predicted for the reference paths and what was actually reported. That now yields a grade per band — over seven days, not one, because a single day is too noisy. BANDS AND MAP NOW AGREE The day/night rating per band came from a rule of thumb over solar flux and Kp, a rule made for mid latitudes. It could contradict the traffic light on the home screen in the very same moment. Both now compute from the same VOACAP matrix, and each view names its source. SATELLITES UNDER THEIR OSCAR NAME The list shows the designation — SAUDISAT 1C (SO-50) — and search finds them under it. Entries that read only "OBJECT AY" now carry their proper name. Many more satellites show their AMSAT reports: seventeen of twenty-five, up from six. 58 REPEATERS IN INDIA The list by Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, of the National Institute of Amateur Radio in Hyderabad, used with his permission. ALSO The daily briefing only rates propagation when it has fresh readings, instead of quietly assuming stale ones are current. If iCloud sync cannot be set up, the app now says so — and that nothing is lost. The legend in the band grid explains the dark tone as "closed". "Best right now" groups bands that share a target. More text in more languages, corrections to the Croatian.