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How do you make your HF ham station work more efficiently? The ANTENNA is the key! - introduction to Antenna Modeling


MAIN PROPAGATION MENU:

- Visual Space Weather
- Last Minute Forecast
- Current Condition Report / Alert
- Current Forecast Section
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- Current Optimal Frequencies
- Aurora Resources

- Discuss Propagation Forum
- Educational Resources
- What's a CME?

Is HF Propagation Reciprocal? - New How-To

De-mystifying HF Radio Propagation and Modeling - New How-To

NEW! ACE-HF propagation software Version 2.05: THIS IS THE VERY LATEST! Forecasting and modeling for Ham as well as for SWL operators. CHECK IT OUT.

This website is kept alive by Tomas (NW7US), out of "spare change" (which there's not always enough of), and, by the kind, helpful people who visit this website. If you are able to help me keep this website up and running, please: help me keep this site running:

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- SWIM PC Software
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To view the best working frequency by time, check out:

+ Current Optimal Frequencies

If you are using software utilities such as Ace-HF, that require a "smoothed" sunspot number, or flux index, use the data found here:

+ Predicted SMOOTHED Sunspot Number And Radio Flux Values with Expected Ranges

+ The eAlert (email) Propagation Reports

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Sun Spots: 0 as of 05/08/2008 :: Flux: 66 | Ap: 4 | Kp: 0 (4 nT)
Solar Wind: 366 km/s at 3.8 protons/cm3 :: [ Other Kp graphs ]

I write the propagation columns for the following magazines:

CQ Magazine CQ Magazine America's fastest growing magazine for the active ham radio operator. CQ is the world's leading independent magazine devoted to amateur radio. For more than a half-century, CQ has been on ham radio's leading edge -- the first to promote mobile operating (in the 1950s), semiconductors (in the 1960s) and packet radio -- the original e-mail (in the 1980s). The amateur satellite program got its start with an idea in the pages of CQ!

CQ VHF Magazine CQ VHF Magazine It is back! May 2002 saw the return of this quarterly magazines that focuses on amateur radio above 50 MHz. Articles and columns target both the beginner as well as the expert.

Popular Communications Magazine Popular Communications Magazine Exciting reading for the shortwave and scanner listener. It features authoritative information on scanner monitoring of police, fire, utility and aircraft transmissions as well as short wave listening, monitoring short wave digital, fax and teletype broadcasts, cb radio, alternative radio, clandestine radio, telephones and wiretapping, bugging, surveillance, pirate broadcasters, military communications, amateur radio, satellite tv reception, radio history and nostalgia.

Monitoring Times Magazine Monitoring Times Magazine Contains news, information, and tips on getting more out of radio listening. Do you own a radio, a shortwave receiver, a scanning receiver, or a ham radio? Then Monitoring Times® is your magazine! Open a copy of MT, and you will find 92 pages of news, information, and tips on getting more out of your radio listening. In fact, it's the most comprehensive radio hobby magazine in the U.S. Packed with up-to-date information concisely written by the top writers in the field, Monitoring Times® is your foremost guide to profiles of broadcasting and communications installations; home projects; and tips on monitoring everything from air, sea, and space to distant ports of call.