Don't let potentially degraded solar conditions spoil your fun over the 4th of July! It's a good time to try setting up your dipole or end-fed antenna in an NVIS configuration and contact those stations in the SE portion of the USA. The bonus stations in England and France may be a little difficult but it makes it all the sweeter when you can make contact in less than ideal conditions and brag about it.
Thank you Chuck/NA1CN for the heads up on solar conditions. Good stuff to know when operating HF. For more information on solar conditions you can check out Dr. Skov's website at https://www.spaceweatherwoman.com/
For those that may be interested in working Special Event stations and collecting QSL cards, the 13 Colonies Special Event has kicked off. It runs from 1 July - 8 July. These guys have some cool QSL cards. Here's the link to their web page. Further details can be found here.
