The bands don't seem to be dead from north central U.S. I have used WWV since I was around 12 years old and still do, almost on a daily basis.
Right now I can just barely hear WWV on 20 MHz, but 15 is S9 +10 dB, 10 MHz is S9 + 30 dB, and 5 MHz is S9 + 10 dB. I consider those signals to be quite good. It is farther to your location than mine, and maybe higher atmospheric noise? But the bands are certainly open to at least 20 meters. At night the frequencies go long so the lower bands should do just fine. Some upper HF frequencies will improve if sunspots come back again and we are not entering a Maunder Minimum. 73, Rick, KV9U Kim wrote: > Thanks Ken, > > I used your suggestion. I never hear WWV very often because the bands are so > dead. > > AB7JK > >
