I agree with Peter, Dex's information is very useful,and certainly 73
appears very stable. However it is still dependant on solar conditions,at
the moment Kp is very low but it is unlikely to remain low, as the Sun
rotates it might be another month  before things are good again.
So now is the time for a cross band attempt.
Unfortunately I am still trying to catch up with sleep from our tues/wed.
night efforts.
73 Laurie.