Often you will see a Propagation Forecast with the following information. If you are like most of us, when we started, these meant absolutely nothing to you.
Flux: 126
A-Index 10
K-Index 6
Here is a link to one of the best explanations:
Read down to HF Beacon Tracker Programs – that is what we use to verify what the numbers are telling us.
http://www.hamuniverse.com/hfbeaconpropagation.htmlClint - W5CPT -