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摘要

Echoing my comments of last month, band conditions appear to have been dire recently, although some correspondents report that there was some good activity during the IARU contest. It was encouraging to see so many UK stations making the effort to work GB5HQ on multiple bands during that event. I was also challenged by a comment made on one of the reflectors immediately after the IOTA contest to the effect that most of the bands had been pretty busy during the contest, but seemed almost empty once it was over. Is it possible that when we complain of poor conditions it's sometimes just a case of everyone sitting on the sidelines watching the Cluster system for spots, rather than actually getting on the bands and making contacts?