Compiled by G0KYA, G4BAO and G3YLA on Thursday, 5 November 2026 As we settle into autumn, the HF bands are really coming alive. Ten metres has proved to be full of surprises, especially with FT8. Although we are not getting the high solar flux indices of previous years, that hasn’t stopped 28MHz from opening up […]

Compiled by G0KYA, G4BAO and G3YLA on Thursday, 29 October 2026 As we enter November, our thoughts turn to low-band operation. The next four months will favour DXing on 160, 80 and 40m, regardless of where we are in the sunspot cycle. Speaking of which, the SFI fell below 100 last week, hitting a low […]

Compiled by G0KYA, G4BAO and G3YLA on Thursday, 22 October 2026 Autumnal HF conditions continue to improve with the odd surprise on the upper HF bands. With a solar flux around 120, there have been some good HF contacts to be made via FT8 on the 10m band, including in Australia, China and Japan, which […]

Compiled by G0KYA, G4BAO and G3LYA on Thursday, 15 October 2026. Last weekend saw the Kp index soar to seven, with a massive visible aurora over the UK. Unfortunately, many of the UK’s leading DXers and VHF enthusiasts were at the RSGB Convention in Milton Keynes and so missed it! The aurora was caused by a […]