[Ips-hf-warning] IPS HF COMMS WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WARNING 01/33
ISSUED AT 10/0025Z JUNE 2001
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

MILDY DEGRADED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED
FOR MID TO HIGH LATITUDES FOR 10-11 JUNE 2001 DUE
TO CORONAL HOLE INDUCED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY.

NO SIGNIFICANT IONOSPHERIC DEPRESSIONS ARE EXPECTED,
HOWEVER THE QUALITY OF HF COMMS DURING THIS PERIOD
IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED, PARTICULARLY LOCAL NIGHT
HOURS AT HIGHER LATITUDES.

IF COMMS DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED TRY A LOWER FREQUENCY BAND
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