"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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Very good Hank on the 10,000 mile station.
DX is in the ear of the beholder.
For Hams, DX is any station on the ARRL DXCC list -- fro Mexico to Reunion
island
SWLers have their own definition -- sometimes a weak rare station
irrespective of distance
Others here will give you their spin on SW DXing.

For propagation -- a good one -- easy reading is at this URL:
http://www.ae4rv.com/tn/propflash.htm

At present we are on the down slide of the 11 year solar cycle -- see URL:
http://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/summary.shtml

The High for the current cycle - Cycle 23
Flux: 298 - 26 Oct 2003

Currently we are at Current Solar Flux report:
SFI: 100

In general the higher the SFI and the lower the A and K index -- the
better
propagation will be.

When the SFI gets below 90 or so -- propagation will be grim on the upper
bands.

But the lower bands will still be good particularly in the winter time.

--
Caveat Lector

(gotta love that name)

Thanks for the useful information. Looking forward to putting it to use.

HankG