Hello and welcome to episode 75 of The DX Mentor, all about signal propagation. I’m Bill, AJ8B. Between the DX Mentor Facebook page, the weekly DX column in the Ohio Section Journal, the DX section of This Week in Amateur Radio podcast, and the This Week in DX weekly YouTube episodes, I have received quite a few emails over the past months about a couple of topics. One of those topics is HF propagation.I assume this is due to the discussions about the current solar cycle.
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Before we get started, I would like to mention an accomplishment. Several weeks ago, I received the ARRL DX Trident award, 200 level. I was very honored to receive this and I thank the ARRL for continuing to find goals forus to strive for.
In this episode we will have a detailed discussion of HFpropagation. My guests are Bernie, W3UR, Frank, W3LPL and Joe, W8GEX.
Bernie’s call, W3UR, is probably familiar to you as he is theeditor of the How’s DX column in QST and the publisher of the Daily DX and the Weekly DX.
Frank’s call is likely familiar to you as well as he publishes aweekly propagation report, is an avid DXer and has one of the most impressive antenna farms on the east coast. Check out his layout via qrz.com.
Both Bernie and Frank are members of the 3000+ DXCC Challenge club, in the rare air of 3100+!
This episode is definitely aided by the use of slides, but you can learn a lot as you listen to the guests discuss the various concepts. The YouTube version will drop in two weeks and you can round out what you missed the first time around.
Now, let’s tune in to our gurus and find out what they arediscussing…