‰ NOW 10 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2014 QST PAGE 61 ‰ HIGH OF ABOUT 22 MHZ. FIGURE 2 SHOWS THE SUNSPOT NUMBER, THE 10R7 CENTIMETER SOLAR FLUX, AND THE A INDEX FOR EACH DAY IN AUGUST 2009. NOTE THAT THE SUNSPOT NUMBER WAS 0, THE SOLAR FLUX WAS CONSTANT AROUND 67 OR SO, AND THE A INDEX WAS MOSTLY QUIET. BUT THE MUF VARIED BY A FACTOR OF TWO. THE FACT IS, THE VARIABILITY OF THE IONOSPHERE IS NOT DETERMINED SOLELY BY ‰ END OF 10 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ