[Ips-hf-warning] IPS HF COMMS WARNING

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SUBJ: IPS PRELIMINARY HF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WARNING 01/41
ISSUED AT 24/2341Z AUGUST 2001
BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE.

MILDLY DEGRADED HF PROPAGATION CONDITIONS EXPECTED
FROM 27-28 AUGUST 2001 DUE TO ANTICIPATED CORONAL HOLE
INDUCED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY. 

DEGRADATION EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY CONFINED TO MID 
TO HIGH LATITUDES, PARTICULARLY LOCAL NIGHT HOURS.

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