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Re: SKIP
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2009, 03:32:32 PM »
Thanks for that Michael

that pdf file is helpful....


now i understand when they talk about it  :D ::)

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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2009, 02:27:56 PM »
If you want to learn more about HF propagation, then view the pdf file I have attached from the Government run IPS website "intro to HF radio" see below:

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Re: SKIP
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2009, 09:24:51 PM »
hey all i am 3 days old to hf now


when dose the skip kick in and how often dose it happen ?>

Skip is generally on a 11 year cycle, meaning every 11 years it peaks & you get greater skip difference..... having said that summer is usually better, I can remember about 20+++  years ago I only had a AM 40Ch with a magnetic mount antenna sitting in the gutter & I was chatting to a mobile station in Melbourne!!!

It really blew my mind! he was pushing 9+ on the signal meter & was getting over the top of another station who was only about 5km away  :D

later on I graduated to ssb & managed to speak to speak to most states of Australia/New Zealand & the U.S, i reckon we would probably be close to another peak in the cycle soon?

There is a website somewhere? i think? that gives you ionospheric predictions for radio, if i get a chance tomorrow I will see what i can find, I am myself just getting back into radio after about a 12 year break, I am in the process of getting my Amateur licence  ;)

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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 11:06:21 PM »
hey all i am 3 days old to hf now


when dose the skip kick in and how often dose it happen ?>