From your description of his takeaways, I think the author nailed it on both regards.
A veteran NDB DXer did a study of RNA logged NDB distance vs month of the year. There was a definite peak around October. I cannot find this post at the moment, and I cannot remember if this was for logs at the listener's QTH, for NA, or for the northern hemi. But this is true for observations from here in Chicago. When the season starts around September, it helps to be ready and have your bucket list prepped and goals set because things get going fast.
This does not preclude long haul DX at other times of the season. For Chicago, the longest DX will typically come from Brasil and 100 watters at around 8000 km may be heard sporadically thru early March.
While there are generally geographical clusters of reception noted during sunset enhancement conditions, by far and away peaked reception due to sunrise enhancement at the TX is one of the most powerful NDB DX scenarios. Because Chicago is situated on the middle coast of the USA, SRE reception of beacons from AZ to GA is noted as the sunrise terminator tilt changes with the seasons.
Last season, general NDB DX conditions were anticipated to be very good due to low solar activity, and no one was disappointed. We are really looking forward to a repeat of conditions this coming fall.
Goals here include Iceland and Argentina, and we are hoping that the great gods of prop cooperate.
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