Propgtn 20m After Sunset

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simpilo

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Hearing Mexico XE1JF tonight on 14.185MHZ Upper Side Band. Tecsun PL-600 w/10ft wire hanging out the window. Probably a seasonal thing because the sun is being stubborn and lazy.
 

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Well, to an extent, yes that's true. We get more solar radiation in the summer months so the higher bands stay open a bit longer. They'll pretty much die out a hour or two after local sunset. If there was more activity from the sun, it would stay open even longer, but with recent predictions of a cruddy cycle next time around, I wouldn't hold my breath. Mike
 
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I heard South Africa and Kuwait on 40 meters last Thursday night; I was kind of surprised as the band had been up and down quite a bit earlier in the evening right after dark.
 

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I heard a Japanese operator working stations in the U.S. on 20 meters last weekend. I was testing a newly built End Fed Half Wave that happened to be horizontal and eight feet off of the ground at the time. I believe it was around 2100 UTC. Definitely some QSB, but mostly clear for a while.
 
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