“Almost” as predicted, propagation is starting to get interesting. The past few days have been outstanding with decent openings on 10 m and 12 m. 15-meters has been open the clock as well. China, Vietnam, Thailand South Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippians have become almost common place for New England hams.
I say “Almost” because the official prediction was for lower than normal activity with a standard single-peak happening about now. With a decent spot-count and SFI in 2011, things took a turn for the worse in 2012 and early 2013, leading hams to think Cycle 24 might be a disappointing thing of the past. But as the movie below points out, the current thinking is that Cycle 24 will have twin peaks. And a dual-peak cycle tends to stretch things out an additional year or two.
