Episode IX: 2022 DX Season Wrap-Up and Audio Highlights (Part 1 of 2)

The VHF DX Podcast

Bryce and Nick return to put a likely cap on the 2022 DX season, at least as it pertains to Sporadic-E. We asked you, our beloved listeners, to send in audio clips of your best DX from this past year, and you delivered. Bryce has tirelessly put together a compilation of clips that you can hear beginning at the 54:13 mark in the podcast. This will be the first episode in a two part series! The second episode we expect to hit your feeds around Labor Day Weekend. Part of 1 of the series includes:

• Reflecting on one-year of doing this wild and wonderful podcast. How has it been a year already?
• Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said? The E-Skip season may be over, but Bryce and Nick grade the action and overall exit quite satisfied.
• Rounding up on the Es season both stateside and internationally. Randy Zerr (KW4RZ) had a phenomenal opening on 18 July, with much double-hop from his former state of FL into NV.
• Jukka Kotovirta of Helsinki, Finland, a lovely city and country I had the great fortune of visiting at the end of last month, shared highlights and grades for the season as part of the Finnish DX Society!
• Perseids meteor shower reflections
• What's all that noise? We discuss how a quiet noise floor is integral to endeavors such as meteor scatter DX
• Looking forward to Nick's favorite time of the DX calendar, #TropoSZN
• Excellent audio clips from Ken Alexander of Thailand, Jari Kohonen of Finland, Rafa Munoz of Spain, and the DX godfather, Paul Logan of Ireland