Having just gotten a base antenna up last fall and gotten started DX’ing, the skip has been pretty good, and it’s been surprisingly easy to make contacts 1200 miles away with nothing more than a barefoot 148. I’ve also played around with VOACAP Online - professional-grade 11M coverage area predictions , looking at the seasonal variations, and that model predicts a serious fall-off in skip during the summer. Is that realistic? Is that what usually happens?
What can we expect for the rest of the year, and how will the upcoming solar max affect things? Any answers much appreciated.
What can we expect for the rest of the year, and how will the upcoming solar max affect things? Any answers much appreciated.