tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post9009001734197403543..comments2024-03-21T00:59:58.137-07:00Comments on G0KYA's Amateur Radio Blog: IBP propagation predictions for the UK for May 2018Steve Nicholshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03564402221894277279noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post-88419079485647056742018-05-13T08:02:15.078-07:002018-05-13T08:02:15.078-07:00Hi, The RSGB Propagation Studies Committee are loo...Hi, The RSGB Propagation Studies Committee are looking at a number of different options, from using the required SNR for CW and FT8, to looking at all modes. There is really no "one size fits all" approach, and I would encourage people to use VOACAP, Predtest or Proppy for their actual working conditions. Or, as you say, get on the bands!Steve Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564402221894277279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post-2756167634609241282018-05-13T07:47:43.546-07:002018-05-13T07:47:43.546-07:00My take as a regular 12m operator is that the pred...My take as a regular 12m operator is that the predictions are unduly pessimistic. <br /><br />Another observation I would make, on both this and many other predictions, is to ask: is an 'S' metet reading meaningful for the digimode-using masses? Is a SNR 'cutoff' of 0dB that is depicted by others as not worth the bother, similarly just totally out of date? I genuinely applaud the attempts to predict propagation, but generally find it of little use, partly for the reasons identified above. 'Just operate!' is a good motto.Photonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137649851898638015noreply@blogger.com