Good Time to listen for Skip?

[MiCon]

It's been a long, long time (1990's?) since I tried to listen for low-band skip (30 ~ 50mhz). There used to be an eleven year cycle for peak ducting. Can anyone tell me when the next peak will be?
I realize that in the past thirty years, many low band agencies and businesses have transitioned to high band, UHF, or 700 ~ 900mhz systems. But I'd still like to see what I can get, when the conditions are ripe.
Thanks.

 

[merlin]

Peak flux should be 2024/2025. I just do start getting spikes above the noise floor about 1500 ut here in the northwest.
lingers til about 0300.
I don't receive a lot, always wrong time, wrong band.

 

[ecps92]

It's been a long, long time (1990's?) since I tried to listen for low-band skip (30 ~ 50mhz). There used to be an eleven year cycle for peak ducting. Can anyone tell me when the next peak will be?
I realize that in the past thirty years, many low band agencies and businesses have transitioned to high band, UHF, or 700 ~ 900mhz systems. But I'd still like to see what I can get, when the conditions are ripe.
Thanks.

You may want to visit the forum at

2023 VHF Low Band Logs

Log for 2022/01/01 Childersburg, Alabama Uniden SDS200 with ST2 Antenna FREQ SQ CALL DESCRIPTION 33.8600 77.0 KGC676 Fire/EMS Dispatch - Washington Co MD 33.9600 179.9 WQF238 Fire Dispatch - Lyme/Old Lyme, CT 37.5800 CSQ KGA859 PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, PA w/ Morse ID...

forums.radioreference.com

where there have been plenty of Low Band loggings this year

 

[Alain]

You might also try Bill Hepburn's wonderful website for tropo/skip/inversion here: https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_wam.html

He's a great guy with a wonderful website. Navigate to the upper L.H corner of the page, click on the drop-down menu stating "SELECT REGION"; anywhere around the world is accessible...and it's F-R-E-E.

Have fun!

Vry 73 de Me