[Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

[Barry]

Tony,
     I do not recommend VOACAP to the uninitiated. It does require some 
knowledge of what it does and how it does it. Interpretation can be 
difficult if you haven't had a course in probability and statistics. 
Some of the other sites that have been suggested might be a better 
choice as the presentations are already interpreted.

     Frank, W3LPL, makes some good points. I'm typing this and looking at 
40 meters at the same time. I can assure all that there is a lot of 
activity on the band, and I'm running an S6 noise level right now, with 
my preamp off. However, I am running a center fed inverted L cut for 80 
meters and fed with ladder line. A quiet location would be superb, but I 
live in an urban environment. I can operate just about anytime I want 
because I am careful about what antennas I put up and how I feed them. 
My attitude has been to make an antenna that is ground independent, put 
up as high as you can, and if a little wire is good, more would be 
better. Shortened and loaded antennas work, but you do pay a penalty for 
their convenience.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "Tony Estep" <esteptony at gmail.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 8/11/2017 3:43:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

>Whenever the topic of HF propagation comes up I remind everyone of this
>site:
>
>http://www.voacap.com/area/index.html
>
>You set your QTH, choose your band, antenna, and power. Then a single 
>click
>will show you the probabilities of various-quality propagation to every
>spot in the world. You can save the values you've entered so that every
>time you bring up the site it is all ready for you.
>
>73,
>Tony KT0NY
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