[Yaesu] RE HF freq's unpredictable

[SEAN DORAN]

Excellent response Dave.  You're a true ham.

It is refreshing to see such help.  When I read this 
request from him, I was afraid he'd be criticized.  You 
did an excellent job here and you need to be thanked by 
all.

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:08:06 -0400
  "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Most experienced DX operators know HF propagation depends 
>on the sun spot
>cycle.  I suggest you look at a web page called Dx 
>Summit.  This shows Dx
>being heard and worked around the world.  You will see 
>what bands are open.
>The fall in North America is coming and 10, 12, and 15 
>will pick up greatly
>and 17 and 20 will stay open often around the clock.  The 
>low bands will
>start to be clear of summer QRN and with a good antenna 
>system you can work
>world wide DX on 40 and 80 and sometimes even 160.
>
>I also suggest getting the Complete Dxer Book by W9KNI.
>
>Yes, the HF bands have had some bad lately but I hear 
>Brazil on 160,
>Antarctica on 75, Australia on 40 and Siberia on 20.  I 
>worked Mali TZ on 15
>SSB the other day and that station was beaming away from 
>North America.  A
>reasonable station can work DXCC almost any month of the 
>year (that is 100
>watts, Tri-Band Beam or Quad up 40 or 50 feet, and a 
>dipole for 40 and 80).
>
>Each week the ARRL has a propagation bulletin that tries 
>to predict the next
>week and CQ Magazine has an excellent Propagation column.
>
>73 Dave K4JRB
>
>> I have found and heard from other HF operators that the 
>>HF bands are
>> unpredictible for DXing. Has anyone else been getting 
>>the same results?
>Your
>> comments please.
>>
>
>
>
>
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