Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-12 Thread Barry
In case you haven't noticed, the sun died. It's even going to go dark across the US in about 9 days :-) Seriously though, I use N0HR's Propfire Firefox add-on. On the bar at the bottom of the browser, I see current SFI, A and K at all times. Barry W2UP -- View this message in context: http

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread Barry
t" 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 t

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread Tony Estep
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 t

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread donovanf
antennas. Enjoy! 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Keith Hutt" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 6:54:07 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions Personally i find the best way to turn on the radio spin the VFO and pu

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread Keith Hutt
o: volker.de...@t-online.de Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions There are so many useful propagation tools available today, use them! http://www.bandconditions.com/ 73, F5VJC __ Elecraft mailing lis

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread Ron Polityka
To: Elecraft Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions For those wondering if your receivers are functioning OK ... I suggest you learn about and check the hourly propagation forecasts on WWV. Learn about the A and K index numbers, too. They'll give you a pretty good idea of what to e

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread volker . debus
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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread volker . debus
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Re: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread Barry
Message -- From: "Ken G Kopp" To: "Elecraft" Sent: 8/11/2017 1:01:01 PM Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions For those wondering if your receivers are functioning OK ... I suggest you learn about and check the hourly propagation forecasts on WWV. Learn about the A

[Elecraft] OT: Poor band conditions

2017-08-11 Thread Ken G Kopp
For those wondering if your receivers are functioning OK ... I suggest you learn about and check the hourly propagation forecasts on WWV. Learn about the A and K index numbers, too. They'll give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. HF band conditions are directly related to sunspot and solar