As you probably already have guessed, as a radioamateur I'm very interested in propagations. One of the usefull tools to check if the circumstances are in good shape for a DX, is the International Beacon Project. This worldwide system of HF beacons transmits on 5 bands, 24/7 on a known timing sequence. Every beacon transmit 3 minutes starting it's CW ID in 22wpm, followed by 1 second 100 Watts, 1 second 10 Watts, 1 second 1 Watt, ending with 1 second 100mW.
For more info about The International Beacon Project, the time schedule and a lot of tools that help you make use of the beacons, take a look at the website of the
Northern California DX Foundation.
For a dynamic worldmap showing the actual upcoming transmitions on the several frequencies, take a look at the bottom of the
Homepage.
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