The IARU contest this weekend was a good example of this. Those with big stations could still work a fair amount of dx, but even those runing 100W were moaning of poor conditions on HF, and at this s
Hi all, I totally agree with Mal's comments. I have also chatted at length with the guys who produce the HF predictions and they worry a lot about their work actually discouraging people from puttin
Its sort of ironic that in the summer I only see LF signals from Europe/US during the "daytime" and when hard Xrays have/are creating havoc to my fellow hams on the higher bands. Given the level of s
Hi all, I totally agree with Mal's comments. I have also chatted at length with the guys who produce the HF predictions and they worry a lot about their work actually discouraging people from putting
This past weekend contest proves it. Top band and ten metres have been "dead" for several weeks. :-(( On Saturday evening 160 was a hotbed of activity - all around Europe on 'Phone and some transatla