Propagation

Ever spend an hour calling CQ on a band that was closed the whole time? PropMap is built to stop that. It pulls live data from NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center and turns it into a plain-language read on which bands are worth trying right now. The numbers that matter most Solar flux (SFI): a … Read more

Long winter nights are bad news for the garden and good news for the low bands. From November through February, 160, 80 and 40 metres come alive, and the hours around sunrise and sunset can deliver DX you’ll never hear in summer. The grey line is the band of twilight that circles the earth between … Read more