been trying to work some dx the past few evenings and 20 seems pretty dead compared to a month ago. im in ohio with a dipole at about 25 feet so nothing fancy but usually can hear something going on. heard a few caribbean stations yesterday but they were really weak. solar cycle finally tanking or just seasonal thing?

Yeah I've noticed the same thing from here in colorado. Been spending more time on 40 in the evenings instead. Actually worked some good european stations on 40 around 0200z last week which was nice

20 has definitely been hit or miss lately. I think we're starting to see the downward trend in the solar cycle. Been hearing more activity on 17 during the day though, might want to give that a try if your antenna works there. Also check the solar indices - I noticed the SFI has been dropping the past couple weeks