tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post7571239444615422781..comments2024-03-21T00:59:58.137-07:00Comments on G0KYA's Amateur Radio Blog: Good autumnal HF conditions are backSteve Nicholshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03564402221894277279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480750694693825336.post-82221900760489761882013-10-03T21:57:02.314-07:002013-10-03T21:57:02.314-07:00Yes indeed, it's nice to see the bands liven u...Yes indeed, it's nice to see the bands liven up a bit - and not before time! <br /><br />You are quite right to encourage keeping an eye on the bands. Despite multibanding on a delta loop, which is not always ideal, I put in a call to a holidaymaker from England in Mauritius the other day - we had an easy QSO on 12m during (our) lunchtime.<br /><br />A couple years ago, I twice had an empty 15m band. I called CQ anyway. First time, I got a call from VP8LP, the next, a rare call from OA (Peru.) <br /><br />So yes, keep listening, and don't take an empty band as being necessarily closed.Photonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137649851898638015noreply@blogger.com