Tony,
I do not recommend VOACAP to the uninitiated. It does require some
knowledge of what it does and how it does it. Interpretation can be
difficult if you haven't had a course in probability and statistics.
Some of the other sites that have been suggested might be a better
choice as the presentations are already interpreted.
Frank, W3LPL, makes some good points. I'm typing this and looking at
40 meters at the same time. I can assure all that there is a lot of
activity on the band, and I'm running an S6 noise level right now, with
my preamp off. However, I am running a center fed inverted L cut for 80
meters and fed with ladder line. A quiet location would be superb, but I
live in an urban environment. I can operate just about anytime I want
because I am careful about what antennas I put up and how I feed them.
My attitude has been to make an antenna that is ground independent, put
up as high as you can, and if a little wire is good, more would be
better. Shortened and loaded antennas work, but you do pay a penalty for
their convenience.
73,
Barry
K3NDM
------ Original Message ------
From: "Tony Estep" <estept...@gmail.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 8/11/2017 3:43:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions
Whenever the topic of HF propagation comes up I remind everyone of this
site:
http://www.voacap.com/area/index.html
You set your QTH, choose your band, antenna, and power. Then a single
click
will show you the probabilities of various-quality propagation to every
spot in the world. You can save the values you've entered so that every
time you bring up the site it is all ready for you.
73,
Tony KT0NY
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