From Spaceweather.com--Solar Max Might Arrive Early
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Thank you for your patience!
- M.W.
Thank you for your patience!
- M.W.
"Solar Max Might Arrive Early"
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Thanks for posting. During the very anemic cycle 24, the experts were predicting that cycle 25 and several thereafter would be even weaker. This one has surprised everyone
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If solar max will be poor , the next few cycles...I will have to spend my nights on the lower HF bands and sleep all day ! 160, 80 and 60M are not very different when Sol is lazy.
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I don't have anything up for 10.
I know a group of guys that local ragchew throughout the day on 10. They say the band will open up all of a sudden, they work the world for 10 or 15 minutes, then shuts back down.
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Round Six wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:47 pmBless you if you plan to be with us for "the next few cycles!"Putting something up for 10 can just be a couple of 7 ft. wire halves of a dipole hung from anything, or, a simple ground plane.
Right now, and for the next couple of years, 10 will open for far more than just 10-15 min. at a time.
I have recently been regularly working the south Pacific well into the late night, open for hours at a time. Frequently hearing guys on AM on 29.600 and FM repeaters at the high end.
An occasional check of the many propagation and DX spotting sites provides a useful guide to what's "hot" and when.
Digital modes add to the fun too.
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I've got the antennas. Lots of antennas,
A couple years ago I took my antennas down for home remodeling. I'm finding I just don't have a burning desire to get back on HF.
I still work 2M and 440 mobile. And I suppose, due mostly because of prodding from buddies, I'll have something up for Sweepstakes.
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I'm on CB (27MHZ, "11m") often and can vouch for the 10m guys - it's been wild recently, although the last few days have been quieter.
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