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

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