[GCARC] DX ALERT

[Christopher Wawak]

I worked Nepal on 100 watts ft8 last night on 17m with my janky,
crappy zs6bkw antenna last night. First try. Wild conditions compared
to late 2020!

73 Chris KC2IEB

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:18 AM Tony Starr <tstarr1450 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To all of you who are limited to low power and compromised antennas, but
> dream about working lots of good DX, consider this a DX alert.  The Solar
> Flux Index hit 180 late last night, and is still sitting at that level this
> morning. What this means is that over the next several days, there are
> going to be multiple opportunities to work great DX on the upper HF bands.
> It is likely that 15 meters will be open all day, and that 20 will stay
> open late into the night, acting more like 40 meters. The potential for 10
> meters is even more exciting, as it should be possible to do some real long
> distance work ( Australia, New Zealand, and beyond ) with very little
> power.  The 12m and 17m "WARC" bands should be quite good as well.
>
> So waste no more time, and squander not this opportunity to take advantage
> of conditions like we have not seen in years. Check the spots on
> DXsummit.fi and get shopping for your latest DXCC count additions. It will
> be easier than you think.  I personally plan to do some mobile DX‌ing from
> my truck, just for the novelty and challenge of it, and to field-test my
> new mobile HF installation. Good luck, and good DX!
>
> Tony K3TS
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-- Chris