[RadiationRomeo]

I’ve been an amateur radio operator for just over 2 years. I want those sun spots!!!!

I’m not holding my breath. The spots are always looming, never dooming.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Not to worry, they'll come around. If not in this cycle, then the next. Of course some old timers are mindful of just how many cycles they have left.

I have been licensed since 1978. In ‘09 I finally went for the Amateur Extra and got it. That has made HF more fun. It seems 40M is always open to somewhere and there is more DX and less stateside competition in the lower subband. Likewise the other bands to some extent.

And in the coming weeks we should start seeing more E-skip, so be checking 10M & up and make some calls. It is like a box of chocolates.