Coorelation between VHF scintillation and spread F

The VHF scintillation observed over Bhopal, a station near the northern crest of the equatorial anomaly region, using the 244 MHz radio signal from FLEETSAT (730). The data use to study the occurrence characteristics of scintillation are recorded from March to April 2001 and then September to October 2001. The occurrences of scintillation are compared with the occurrence of spread-F over Delhi as observed by the modern digital ionosonde. The scintillation events are closely associated with the range type spread-F. In this paper the parameters of geomagnetic activity like Kp and Ap are used to study the association of the amplitude scintillation and spread-F. It is observed that an increase in magnetic activity suppressed the occurrence of scintillation and spread-F.