Predictions of propagation for shortwave but the best was in 2024

 

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression

Solar cycle 25 is the current solar cycle, the 25th since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. It began in December 2019 with a minimum smoothed sunspot number of 1.8.^[3] It is expected to continue until about 2030.^[4][5] While it was initially predicted by most scientists that cycle 25 would be relatively weak, solar activity has been much stronger than the predictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle_25

The best propagation for HAM radio was in 1957