The DX Mentor The DX Mentor - Episode DX - HF Propagation
This is The DX Mentor podcast. I hope to help those hams trying to move up the DXCC ladder as well as those that at on the DXCC Honor Roll. As fast as technology is moving, no one can keep up on it all. I am here to help. #DX #Hamradio In this episode of The DX Mentor, our #DX gurus, W8GEX, W3UR, and W3LPL will discuss:
The sun
- Solar cycle
- Sunspot number
- Ionizing radiation
- the solar flux index
- solar maximum next year
- transition to solar minimum
- solar minimum
- X-class and M-class solar flares
- coronal holes
- coronal mass ejections
- 27 day recurrence of major solar events
Interplanetary space
- Solar wind
- Southward oriented solar wind
- Coronal hole high speed streams
- Interplanetary magnetic field
The quiet ionosphere
- ionization process
- Long distance propagation via the F region
- regional propagation via the E region
- sporadic-E patches
- NVIS propagation
- Absorption in the D region
- seasonal variability
- solar maximum effects
The disturbed ionosphere
- Geomagnetic disturbances
- Geomagnetic storms
- Aurora
- Ionospheric storms
- K-index and A index
- Radio blackouts caused by solar flares
- Coronal hole high speed streams
- Coronal mass ejections
HF Ionospheric Propagation
- Long distance ionospheric propagation
- High latitude propagation
- Gray line propagation
- Long path propagation
- Faraday rotation
- Real time monitoring of solar and geomagnetic activity
- Real time monitoring of HF propagation circuits
- PSK Reporter
- DX Maps
- Reverse Beacon Network
- WSPR
- 160, 80 40 and 30 meters
- 20, 17 and 15 meters
- 12 and 10 meters6 Meter Ionospheric Propagation
- sporadic-E and long distance Sporadic-E
- F2 propagation
- Trans-equatorial propagation
- Auroral scatter
- Auroral-E