G0KYA's Amateur Radio Blog

Thanks for stopping by. This is where I publish a lot of my features and thoughts on HF propagation, antennas and other ham radio topics. I write for a number of radio magazines, including the RSGB's RadCom and ARRL's QST. I am also chairman of the RSGB's Propagation Studies Committee and produce the weekly HF propagation report for GB2RS. When not playing radio I'm a professional journalist specialising in aerospace, science and technology and am also author of four RSGB books.

Monday, 1 March 2010

UK HF propagation charts, March 2010

I've updated the short-path propagation prediction charts for March 2010. We should see some nice north-south paths on 21MHz if the solar flux comes up. We should also see 14MHz open to a lot of world. See http://www.infotechcomms.co.uk/propcharts/

G0KYA's HF Propagation Podcast for March 2010

Solar Cycle 24 is under way, but we are not out of the woods yet. The last month has seen great DX openings when the flux hit the mid 90s, but now the sun is virtually spotless again. Click on the headline link to listen to the Podcast or find it on iTunes.