That's pretty much how it works. For us out here on the West Coast of Canada, the daily skip cycle starts in the pre-sunrise hours with Europe (sometimes), Africa (occasionally), and the East Coast. By midday there are overwhelming amounts of skip from Central and South America coming in, plus the central U.S. By mid afternoon it's all about the West Coast, Alaska, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. In the early evening stuff way way out to the East comes in, like Indonesia, Phillipines, Japan, Siberian Russia, and Malaysia.....plus lots of mysterious Asian signals on weird split frequencies. By about two hours after sunset it's all over for the day.
One thing I've noticed that's different with this skip cycle compared to others is that there has been no night-time skip at all ! In other peak years there's often been late night skip into the Western States and Alaska. This year......nada. I wonder why the difference ?
