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[KD6DXA]

How are the higher-frequency HF bands doing these days (10/15/17 meters)?

Thanks! 

Zachary, KD6DXA

[AA6YQ]

Activity on 17m, 15m, 12m, and 10m over the last 24 hours as reported by the worldwide cluster network:

[M0PXO]

I've been studying for my UK Advanced license.  On every practice paper there is a question regarding best frequency to contact US ops during the day; 7Mhz, 14Mhz, 21Mhz or 50 Mhz.

The examiner's answer is 21 MHz.

At this point in the sunspot cycle, do you think that's true.

[AA6YQ]

I've been studying for my UK Advanced license.  On every practice paper there is a question regarding best frequency to contact US ops during the day; 7Mhz, 14Mhz, 21Mhz or 50 Mhz.

The examiner's answer is 21 MHz.

At this point in the sunspot cycle, do you think that's true.

It's a question of probabilities. For a daytime QSO between the UK and the US east coast at this point in the solar cycle at this time of year, I'd recommend 20m. Making a QSO on 15m would be possible on some days, but one would want to use FT8 to maximize the probability of success.

[W3PH]

I've been studying for my UK Advanced license.  On every practice paper there is a question regarding best frequency to contact US ops during the day; 7Mhz, 14Mhz, 21Mhz or 50 Mhz.

The examiner's answer is 21 MHz.

At this point in the sunspot cycle, do you think that's true.

I've been on FT8 quite a bit lately and have been working UK on 80/40/30/20/17 - 15 has been pretty iffy.  There have been lots of solid openings from UK to US East coast, mostly 40/30/20.

FT8 is fantastic for learning about propagation - besides pskreporter, FT8 reveals little openings that only last a few minutes that you'd miss otherwise.  I was on 40 yesterday late morning GMT-4 working US stations, when some VKs popped up for a few minutes, then faded back into the noise.  Don't think I would have noticed that opening on CW.

[K0UA]

FT8 has taught me more about propagation in the last 2 years than the previous 46 years of hamming.

[AA6YQ]

Over the last 72 hours, there have been 259 instances of a station in G,G,GI,GM,GU, or GD being reported by the worldwide cluster network as "active". Multiple spots of the same station count as one instance unless the station QSYs by more than 2 KHz or goes QRT for at least 60 minutes before reappearing.

Here's the breakdown by band:

160m

5

80m

9

60m

1

40m

17

30m

4

20m

113

17m

7

15m

8

12m

0

10m

11

6m

84

This weekend's IARU contest likely introduced some distortion.

[AA6YQ]

The statistics below are for stations in G,G,GI,GM,GU, or GD being reported by the worldwide cluster network as "active" by at least one station on the US East Coast.

Over the last 72 hours, there have been 259 instances of a station in G,G,GI,GM,GU, or GD being reported by the worldwide cluster network as "active". Multiple spots of the same station count as one instance unless the station QSYs by more than 2 KHz or goes QRT for at least 60 minutes before reappearing.

Here's the breakdown by band:

160m

5

80m

9

60m

1

40m

17

30m

4

20m

113

17m

7

15m

8

12m

0

10m

11

6m

84

This weekend's IARU contest likely introduced some distortion.

[ONAIR]

10 meters has had some surprisingly good days lately in the US.

[AA6YQ]

10 meters has had some surprisingly good days lately in the US.

Sporadic E

[ONAIR]

10 meters has had some surprisingly good days lately in the US.

Sporadic E

   Yep!  www.DXmaps.com

[KA2FIR]

S9 plus FT8 signals on 17M while not one SSB or CW signal. That's how they are these days.

[OZ8AGB]

A lot of activity on 10m and 12m CW and FT8 yesterday afternoon here in Europe.