tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post2070859998184946427..comments2024-03-21T00:59:58.137-07:00Comments on G0KYA's Amateur Radio Blog: HF and solar conditions continue to declineSteve Nicholshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03564402221894277279noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post-28774385288211300722017-01-18T03:36:30.248-08:002017-01-18T03:36:30.248-08:00This is very true, although as you say the opening...This is very true, although as you say the openings can be transitory and difficult to predict. Predictions are, after all, just giving you probabilities of openings. I'm just listening to a very loud OH beacon on 17m (18.110MHz). There very few other signals on the band!Steve Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564402221894277279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post-57383648794319206832017-01-18T02:00:34.265-08:002017-01-18T02:00:34.265-08:00Predictions are always interesting to follow, but ...Predictions are always interesting to follow, but can become a bit of an iron rod. If one relies too heavily, it's easy to feel despondent and give up at solar minimum. There are plenty of DX openings, albeit transient ones, still available as high as 12m. It's just a question of keeping at it and not falling into such a herd mentality that nobody actually sends anything, believing bands to be dead. I bagged a KH on PSK-31 last time 15m was 'dead'...Photonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137649851898638015noreply@blogger.com