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The 20 meter (14,2 MHz) and the lesser-used 17 meter (18,1 MHz) bands are the most popular for DX-ing (large-distance receiving) around the globe and, Unfortunately for the beauty-sleepers among us, work best after sunset. Nevertheless, when propagation is very good, you can receive quite some DX stations during the day. The 40 meter band (7,2 MHz) usually doesn't reach that far, but works pretty fine during the day up to a few thousand kilometers. In ideal propagation conditions, it will enable some DX-ing. The 80 meter band (3,5 MHz) is a local band and reaches only some hundreds of a thousand kilometers far, although its range also increases in the evening or in favorable propagation conditions. Sunset is the period that everything can become a bit - actually very - chaotic and very noisy, but once the sun is well asleep, things get great on the HF bands. Of course, it all depends on the type of antenna (wire, dipole, directional) and the power output of the transmitting station.
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