We are now past the equinox - the day the sun rises at the north pole. Polar windows are opening nicely on 20 Meters in the early evening, but the band still closes a few hours after dark. Prime time evening activity includes a good opening into central Asia, along with the usual South American, African and Pacific DX that comes through across lower latitudes.
Morning also brings an opening over the pole, along with a path to Europe lasting several hours.
The change in seasons will bring deterio-ration in this morning European window as the grey line no longer leads in that direction. It has drifted to the other side of the pole, and by summer will extend to the Far East. The daily European opening will shift to late afternoon. In recent months the path to Asia has occurred around sunset and this will also deteriorate. It will eventually be replaced by a much better pipeline in the morning.