Es happens every summer. It commonly is most prevalent on 6, however 10
is often involved. I've experienced it on 20and 15 on rare occasions.
It sure does seem to be more pronounced this year though. For some
reason, it seems to abhor the western part of North America. I suspect
part of that may be because there are precious few hams out in the Basin
and Range to use it... you know, "tree falls in the forest, no one is
there ..."
There's an RF-quiet QTH in the Bay Area? [:-)
73,
Fred ("Skip") K6DGW
Sparks NV USA
Washoe County DM09dn
On 7/29/2017 11:14 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
I’m pretty new to 6 meters. I was expecting very limited activity. But now that
I have an alert set up on dxmaps.com, I’m finding there are multiple openings
every day. There’s an opening right now that includes the west coast.
Is the propagation better than usual for July?
Unfortunately my antennas for 6 aren’t all that great, and the local noise
level is high, so I’ve been making use of every tool in the K3S toolbox (IF NB,
DSP NB, NR, AFX, narrow filters, diversity, and CW-in-SSB). I’m considering
taking the rig mobile to an RF-quiet location in the Bay Area next time there’s
an opening. I have my eye out for a portable 6-meter beam.
Now know what they mean by “magic band." Give it a whirl....
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