[Elecraft] 20 meters is dead all day

[Jon]

Well, it all depends...

Was reading this, and flipped on the K2 to take a look.  And... I just 
finished working E51JD,  Jim on Raratonga,  with the K2 putting out a 
mighty 10W to the inverted V, 11:57p  PST.  Also worked a VE in 
Vancouver,  a good 20-30 over 9 here.  (Raratonga was nowhere near as 
strong, but he was only running 100W)

The other night though,  I didn't hear much of anything the couple of 
times I listened.   Your (our?) Ionosphere may vary...

I agree about listening,  and calling so there's a signal out 
there...    And, the more "beacon like"  modes and services sure help 
nowadays.  Stumbled across a VK net on 14.183,  sounded like a nightly 
Aussie version of the HHH net.  Things like that could also serve as 
"propagation beacons".

Jon - KA6MOK