Julian, G4ILO wrote on Friday, September 26, 2008 11:28 PM
Whatever happened to just turning the radio on and listening. :)
Agreed, but also trying a few CQs on a "dead" band! If everybody just
listened a band would sound to be "dead" :-)
The IARU beacons imho are very useful indicators but are not always heard
even if a band is open because of very selective skip, seemingly a
characteristic of chordal propagation. To cite an example 15m has frequently
been open to PY and CE from here in our late afternoons during the past
couple of years, with strong signals both ways, while the CS3, LU and OA
beacons which are located roughly in the same direction are not heard.
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
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