[Ips-hf-warning] IPS HF COMMS WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS PRELIMINARY HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WARNING 02/56
ISSUED AT 13/0150Z OCTOBER 2002
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

DEGRADED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT HIGH LATITUDES
ON 13 OCTOBER 2002 FOLLOWING A SUDDEN INCREASE IN PROTON 
FLUX OBSERVED AFTER 00 UT.

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