[OKDXA] Heard Island Propagation

[Jimmy Richardson]

John,

I worked the VK0IR Heard Island Dxpedition on 25 Jan 1997 on 20 meters SSB  with a 100 watts and a 20 meter dipole at 35 feet. Solar Flux at the time was around 72-75. Clearly with today's declining HF conditions the upper bands (10/12) are unlikely to produce a contact. Your best bet is 20 meters and below. 


Good Luck and 73,

Jim N5OHL
On Feb 4, 2016, at 1:13 PM, John Geiger wrote:

> Starting to think of antenna things for Spring and the Heard Island
> DXpedition, as that will be a new one for me should I work it.  What is the
> propagation likely to be like from Oklahoma to Heard on the higher bands?
> Will there be much of a chance to work them on 15 or 10m?  Will a fairly
> low dipole on 20 and 30 even have a chance of working them with 100 watts?
> 
> The beam heading from my QTH is 165 degrees so I take it this is a rather
> difficult path since it crosses the polar regions.  For those of you who
> have worked Heard before, which bands was it on?
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
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