Sun spots where are u? (2010)

It has been nearly 2 years after my initial post on this topic and still the propagation has not improved very much.

However I observed that it has been more than a week the solar flux index has stayed above 80. Well we cannot expect things to improve dramatically but hopefully if the solar flux remained at that figure and probably increase a bit maybe it is fair to hope that the conditions for the next CQWW DX contest will better compared to last year.

So guys it is time while the northern hemisphere are still in summer to improve the antenna systems and start to listen for more openings on the higher frequencies.

For me I will be thinking of a better multiband vertical to cover at least 20, 15 and 10 meters since I do not want further arguments with my neighbor.

Therefore guys hope to cuagn on the bands very soon.

 

Sun spots where are u?

As we have been told by the experts, we have passed the lowest part of the sun spot cycle, and we are now at the start of a new sunspot cycle, however the band conditions are not yet favourable for me (at least). With my lowly rotatable 4 band dipole (40, 20, 15 and 10m) I find it still very difficult to get the attention of those dxpeditioners, amateur radio contests are a chore for me, with luck and CW I’m able to get few rare prefix on 40m but again I have to compete with illegal stations on the lower edge. No government seems to be interested in reducing the illegal staions operating USB on the CW portion of 40m. I long for the days of when 20, 15 and 10 meters are open nearly all of the day, but when will the sunspots are coming?? God knows