[GCARC] Band Conditions??

[Tony Starr]

Hi Bob,

It is really a matter of timing.  The Solar Flux Index has barely been
above 70 all summer, which has really cut down the duration of the band
openings.  I did work that TX5T expedition in the South Pacific a week or
two back on 20 CW, and they were above S9, but I have the advantage of a
three element beam.  The Sporadic E skip this summer on 10m, and even on
6m, has been pretty good, and about three weeks ago I worked 3 Europeans in
a row on 10m SSB, but the band opening lasted less than 20 minutes.

If you are just listening, stick with 20m in the daytime or 40m at night,
and you will surely hear something, but it may take a while.  Also, when
the weather does start to get cooler, 80m will start to get better.  Last
winter I worked about two dozen new ones on 80m, about two thirds of which
were on CW way down in the bottom of the band.  Watch the spots on DX
Summit for a better idea of what is going on.  Good luck on your listening
and it was great to see you out and about at a recent club meeting.

73 -- Tony WA2FZB

On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 1:58 AM Rfields25 via GCARC <gcarc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> I just moved into a new apartment. Hanging a wire out the window
> for now to be unnoticed by the others. Usually I get something to
> listen to, but between my two HF receivers I am getting not much
> of anything. The question - Are the bands really that bad? I know
> both of my HF radio worked when I moved,, but no such luck now.
> Any comments on if the bands are really that bad??
>
>
> Thanks..Bob Fields kc6aoh
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