Skywave radio propagation

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This evolving website helps forecast high-frequency skywave propagation. It provides amateur radio operators easy access to live charts/maps, banners, ham activity, R-S-G reports, and forecasts. AI tools help improve tutorials and build up a simple navigation, a table of contents, sources, a sitemap, and search options.

Simple and easy site navigation

 Understanding HF Skywave Propagation 
All-in-One HF Propagation Resource

Understanding skywave propagation requires imagination and knowledge because it is an invisible force that cannot be sensed by touch or seen with the eyes. This project seeks to refresh skywave propagation principles with visuals and a step-by-step progression from basic to more complex ones, offering technical details essential for radio amateurs.

How do space weather, solar activity and the ionosphere
affect skywave propagation conditions

Blackout events revised after May 2024.

How many hams are there around the world?

What can AI do for amateur radio?

Resources: books, articles, and presentations

A Conclusive Summary
A brief review


Hebrew: pdf התפשטות גלים - חיזוי תנאי תקשורת
חובבות רדיו, חובבי רדיו, בינה מלאכותית


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