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Re:A Summer Without Sunspots by celias on Monday September 30, 2019 @10:38AM (#21115802)
Top Google hit, apparently from 1996 http://www.arrl.org/here-comes-the-sun

Some other sites http://www.solarham.net/index.htm https://hamradioschool.com/sunspots-and-propagation/

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Re:A Summer Without Sunspots by sverige on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:38AM (#21116494)
TLDR: Since we're at the minimum now, if you want to chase DX, stick to the 30, 40, 80, and 160 meter bands at night. You might get something on 15, 17, or 20 meters. It will be a few years before the higher bands open up again.

There's a nice chart of when you can get DX in each band in this article:

https://www.eham.net/newham/bands

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Re:A Summer Without Sunspots by olivermarks on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:36AM (#21116470)
Thanks for link, very informative
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