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Brainerd Area Amateur Radio Club |
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HF DX Conditions April 27, 2003 |
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If you have tried to work the HF bands during the last couple of
months you may have noticed how terrible conditions on them have been.
No, it is not your rig. They really have been bad. It is the
worst period of conditions I can remember in the 47 years I have been a
ham! The K index has remained at 3, 4, or even 5, day after day.
In addition, of course, the A index, which records the level of the
residual effects of the disturbed conditions, remains high even for those
rare times when the K does drop below 3. It will take two or three
quiet days for it all to settle down to good conditions.
Don't give up completely, because there are short openings on 30, 20, 17,
and even occasionally 15 meters, when DX can be worked. Remember
also that because the days are now so long we are moving into summer
conditions, when the best DX opportunities are in the evening and night
time hours. The 30, 20, and 17 meters bands will often remain open
all night long.
Watch the WWV reports at 18 and 45 minutes past every hour from Colorado
and Hawaii respectively, on 15.000, 10.000, and 5.000 MHz. If the K
index hits 2 or lower, go get the DX! |
Past BAARC President, Brian
Wermager KØEOU  |
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