[Ips-hf-warning] IPS HF COMMS WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS PRELIMINARY HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WARNING 02/66
ISSUED AT 13/2314Z NOVEMBER 2002
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

CORONAL HOLE INDUCED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED 16 NOV.

DEGRADED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED
FROM 16-17 NOVEMBER 2002 MID TO HIGH LATITUDES ONLY.

IF COMMS DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED TRY A LOWER FREQUENCY BAND.
A MORE DETAILED HF WARNING WILL FOLLOW IF DEPRESSIONS EVENTUATE.

NOTE: NO FOLLOW ON WARNING WAS ISSUED TO PRELIM WARNING 65 AS
NO DEPRESSIONS WERE OBSERVED.
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