I hope people don't give up trying because conditions are poor for a
few nights. There were many times during mid-summer when a DX
station was just booming in and no one was on to enjoy the
opening. That includes working people in northern Europe, as well
as southern hemisphere stuff.
LA3XI braved the sun during the summer, and came in quite well on
a due east path day after day during July! Quite a few people
worked him. The few times I managed to move a JA to 160 during
summer, QSO's were made.
Even northern hemisphere paths are possible all year.
Some of the poorest days have been days with low solar activity,
and some of the best have been when "the numbers" are off the
charts!
Besides, it's always more fun when you have to dig a bit. If it wasn't
for that, we'd probably all be on twenty meters.
One of the things I've found is many times the band peaks well-off
sunrise, and goes downhill as sunrise approaches. If we aren't
there trying, we can be sure the band will be dead.
Let's not jump ship!
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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