I get my best NVIS on 80 meters during the day and during nightfall or sunrise. Once the sun is down and the sky is dark NVIS performance drops like a rock pretty consistently. Once that happens all I can hear are ground wave signals or long skip signals.
Are we entering a whole new 22 year solar cycle now? Over the last year or so I’ve read about some new sunspots having opposite polarization from older ones.
And FT8 has become and will always be a game changer!! I work the other side of the world using the lowly endfed antenna on 40m and 30m and occasionally on 80m late at night when signals ARE in the -20 range....amazing! 73/K6SDW
Nice, informative video, Dave. Some months ago, three things went haywire at home. Two keyless entry fobs (one for a car and one for a motorcycle) stopped working, and our outdoor bluetooth weather station stopped communicating with the indoor base unit. A few days later, everything worked again. Could this have been caused by a solar storm? Thank you and 73, WA1RFH.
Tamatha Skov covers the sun’s activity each week. Suspicious observers does an early morning short video discussing what the sun is doing, before discussions studies and scientific papers published on space physics and such.
So all the scheming of amateur radio hobbyists to erect the perfect antenna to work with the best radio and amplifier equipment one can afford, may come to naught, if mother nature does not cooperate? The single most important factor of good radio propagation comes from a fickle sun producing an adequate number of sunspots?
David, you are a great teacher and resource for Ham Radio. You are easy to listen to and you know what you are talking about.
Thank you. This is helpful because I heard stations mentioning it and now I better understand. Have a great day.
Great explanation. Really helped me understand. Thanks
An excellent presentation. Thank you.
Thanks for the video Dave, I really appreciate the Information!
I love our cycle right now. Makes me so happy. Thanks for this we older guys remember the 60s and 70a excellent conditions.
I get my best NVIS on 80 meters during the day and during nightfall or sunrise. Once the sun is down and the sky is dark NVIS performance drops like a rock pretty consistently. Once that happens all I can hear are ground wave signals or long skip signals.
Very good explanation -N8CA
Great explanation Dave, thanks!
Great video, and tutorial, sir. Thank you
This is a very informative video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, Dave. 73 Bret/AC0AE
Are we entering a whole new 22 year solar cycle now? Over the last year or so I’ve read about some new sunspots having opposite polarization from older ones.
And FT8 has become and will always be a game changer!! I work the other side of the world using the lowly endfed antenna on 40m and 30m and occasionally on 80m late at night when signals ARE in the -20 range....amazing! 73/K6SDW
Nice, informative video, Dave. Some months ago, three things went haywire at home. Two keyless entry fobs (one for a car and one for a motorcycle) stopped working, and our outdoor bluetooth weather station stopped communicating with the indoor base unit. A few days later, everything worked again. Could this have been caused by a solar storm? Thank you and 73, WA1RFH.
Thanks Dave. -Doug WB4DW
Good presentation. Perhaps the statement "dragging around the ionosphere" could be clarified.. Thanks..
Dave what resource /website do you recommend for daily propagation predictions per band. I'd like to check quick before planning a SOTA trip.
Here is the earth: ROUND!
Couldn't help myself. Thanks for the video Dave! Good content as always.
Thank you for another great show. KH9HWH said that.
Tamatha Skov covers the sun’s activity each week. Suspicious observers does an early morning short video discussing what the sun is doing, before discussions studies and scientific papers published on space physics and such.
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So all the scheming of amateur radio hobbyists to erect the perfect antenna to work with the best radio and amplifier equipment one can afford, may come to naught, if mother nature does not cooperate? The single most important factor of good radio propagation comes from a fickle sun producing an adequate number of sunspots?