February was again as expected very quiet. Minimal solar activity and no other strong openings to speak of. The first week was very disheartening. On the 4th it was possible to make some contacts but with much QSB closing by the afternoon. The 8th brought some conditions with UK to 1,13,14,19,30,31,35 with the sound of…
Welcome to 2008 and the beginning of cycle 24. I hope all our members have had a good start to the new year, and make many contacts in the months to come. “”On January 4, 2008, a reversed-polarity sunspot appeared—and this signals the start of Solar Cycle 24,” says David Hathaway of the Marshall Space…
October we had fairly low expectations, what with the end of the summer sporadic and it being too early for the winter openings, all we could do was sit tight and see what came our way. The 1st and the 2nd showed virtually zero SSB activity only some short openings to 3 division getting through.…
For this month levels continued to drop through September. With 21 consecutive days recorded with no sunspots. Sporadic openings have been at the lowest levels in 2007 so far. The 1st to the 4th of the month raised some hopes with workable conditions including: 1,13,14,16,26,30,36,47,56,163,169 divisions. Much QSB but very nice to hear stations calling…
Listen out, stations are taking to the hills around the UK to see how many contacts they can make in the day. If there is no propagation great fun can still be had with groundwave contacts. Give it a shot – some of the hardcore DX’ers even take beams and Sirio 827 verticals with them!…
It would appear that the sporadic propagation again this month has become even more infrequent, many days passing with no skip at all. It surely shows that along with a poor summer in the UK and solar minimum that things can only improve. The start of month had spells of skip with 1,13,14,15,16,19,20,21,26,30,31,35,47,54,161,163 divisions as…
Conditions for this month were slightly less than I expected. That said when prop was there it was good. The 1st through to the 6th had very strong EU divisions with small spells of 2 division heard on USB,AM and LSB in the afternoons. Going through to the middle of month we had good inter…
The month of June provided an expected extension of May’s propagation. As per May we had continued use of 26mhz and both AM and LSB, many stations actually calling and QSY to LSB to try and find some clear air to hold a QSO. I personally had a couple of QSO’s whilst mobile in low…
A very difficult month to write a report for with far more stations and divisions than it is possible to list! Yes, sporadic E has returned. Notable activity on LSB in the evenings with the Caribbean, West Indies and the USA all received & a few worked by stations in the UK. Also a good…
The first few days were quiet with only low voices heard. On the 5th,7th,8th,9th 34 division heard. On the 17th 3,14,26,29,30,34 divisions heard. On the 18th 3,14,29,30 divisions heard. On 19th only 3 division heard. Most of this propagation was very 1 way with few QSO’s established. Congratulations to Simon 26 TM 001 for a…