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The foF2 formula produced ~3 MHz when real ionosondes show 8-12 MHz at SFI=150 daytime. This made every band appear closed/poor. Rewrote with empirical fit to ionosonde data: - foF2_day = (4 + 0.04·SFI) — gives 10 MHz at SFI=150 (was ~3) - foF2_night = (2 + 0.01·SFI) — proper nighttime floor - Smooth day/night blend peaking at 14:00 local solar time - M-factor varies with distance (was fixed at 3.0) - K-index: no penalty below K=4 (K=3 is normal conditions) - Multi-hop: 5% per hop (was 8%) - Polar penalty: only above 65° (was 60°) - LUF base: 2 MHz (was 3 MHz) Results now match real-world experience: 20m US→EU noon SFI=150: 81% (was ~0%) 15m US→EU noon SFI=150: 98% (was ~0%) 40m US→EU night: 96% 10m solar minimum: closed ✓ Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The foF2 formula produced ~3 MHz when real ionosondes show 8-12 MHz at SFI=150 daytime. This made every band appear closed/poor.
Rewrote with empirical fit to ionosonde data:
Results now match real-world experience:
20m US→EU noon SFI=150: 81% (was ~0%) 15m US→EU noon SFI=150: 98% (was ~0%) 40m US→EU night: 96% 10m solar minimum: closed ✓
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