G3YMC wrote: > > Having got the indices it is up to you to learn what to do with them and > how it relates to the dx you hear (or at the moment don't hear) on the > bands. > I think the best advice regarding all these propagation programs is not to place too much reliance on them. There is no substitute for turning the radio on and seeing what you can hear. I have often had to say to people who use VOAProp or HFProp that they do not predict propagation. All these programs will do is help you to see how propagation changes with the time of day, season of the year and solar cycle, and help you gain an understanding that would otherwise take years of experience to achieve. But they only show average conditions, not actual predictions. Real propagation changes a great deal that is not reflected in a smoothed sunspot number or a solar flux reading at one point on the globe.
A couple of days ago on the afternoon west coast Stateside stations were loud and clear here in Europe. Yet there was nothing remarkable in the WWV bulletin to lead anyone to expect that. If I hadn't turned on the K3, I wouldn't have known. ----- Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/OT%3A--best-source-of-latest-propagation-news--tp15196555p15223364.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
