Back in 2008-2009 at the bottom of the cycle when I operated form KH6, I
often would find 15, 12 and 10 "dead". To check prop I would sometimes
"self spot" on the lowest freq band not "open". I know it's not approved of
in
all circles, but hey, the band was dead.
I would sometimes be pleasantly surprised and have an EU come back to my
CQ...sometimes a whole pile of them. If 15 was good, I'd do the same
thing, moving up to 12, and sometimes even 10. Remember, this was at the
bottom
of the cycle. Over the summer of 2009 I worked about 30 or 40 EU stations
in a couple of months..the equivalent of working HS or JA from W4 in the
summer.
The bottom line is..the bands are often open. If no one calls CQ,
everyone thinks the band is dead. Invest in penny's worth of electricity and
a
couple of minutes of CQs.
Maybe I'm wrong, but if some EU station self spots on 10 in the middle of
the summer, no one is going to complain.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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