Look like 10 and 6 meter DX will suck for a while. B-) If Stew Perry, W1BB, (now SK, Silent Key) was still alive, he’d probably drool at this since he was a fan of the 160 meter amateur radio band (just above the AM band) from the 1920’s up until his death in the 1990’s. During the Dalton and Maunder Minimums, they said that if shortwave radio existed then, the MUF (Maximum Useable Frequency) would have been like 2000 kc (top of the 160 meter band) down to even 1700 kc (top of the AM radio band!) during the day and at night, 4000 kc, top of the 80 meter band although intercontinental DX will be possible as well.
So what does all that mean?