[Elecraft] Re: DX News and two questions

[John Harper]

> I have got a feeling I am either in the air at the
wrong times to hear many of them or that they are just too far away for my
simple setting. Ideas?


Hello Bekir,

That sounds like a great idea you have there. Regarding propagation & which 
bands to use to talk to a specific part of the world, I recommend that you 
periodically look at this link:

http://www.dxwatch.com/dxsd.php?f=1298

This is a list of DX spots between Turkey and the US, indicating time and 
band of stations in these countries hearing/working each other. From the 
home page (www.dxwatch.com) you can make "filters" for other areas of the 
world (click on "create your filter"). By checking this list at different 
times of the day, several days a week, you will get an idea of which band 
and which time will be best for a given area. There will be variations of 
course due to solar conditions and many other variables, but it will help 
give you a rough idea of band-time-area.

73,

John Harper AE5X
Portable QRP: http://www.ae5x.com