This Amateur Radio DX news, Solar Flare info and Contest information is provided by: dxnews.com, spaceweatherlive.com and contestcalendar.com (WA7BNM).
On this page you will find a collection of links from the above site.
DX Hint this week…
When working the low bands usually the best time is before and after the “Grey Line”! What is the Grey Line? Well using it over the years to my advantage I could take the time to explain in depth but seeing that many have already done so I will direct you to check out those videos and explanations. Simply do a search for “Grey Line DXing” to view or read about the Grey Line in Amateur Radio.
SOLAR Information:
Take note of Solar Flares and activity which can be found on the left side of this site under “Band Conditions”, they are a huge part of successful DXing on HF!
OKAY…but what does the info in that side bar mean?
When you find yourself on a solar weather website and you see three measurements have you ever wondered what they actually mean? Solar Flux Index, SFI, Sunspot Number, SSN, and Area are three indices used to measure solar activity along with the R and Kp values. Let’s take a look at what these values mean to amateur radio.
Andrew, VK3FS explains it well in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsI0JezFZ80
WA7BNM Contest Calendar to Dec. 3:
Information for the next 8 Days of Contests go to: https://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycont.php
Big this week is the CQ Worldwide DX Contest CW, which I published earlier in the week. GL to all who enter!
DX Information beginning Nov.27:
Most of the DX this week other than the Antarctic stations noted last week is connected to the CQ DX Worldwide Contest. Being too numerous to list here you can check them out at: https://dxnews.com/
RSGB IOTA: Take note of the many DX stations active are from Islands On The Air (IOTA) so if you are chasing IOTA here is an opportunity to add to your count. If you don`t know much about the IOTA programme find out more at: https://www.iota-world.org/
GL es Gud DX de Ken VY2RU