Ed,
I am like you and don't think this year is unusual. I believe that the
interest in FT8 & JT65 has a lot more hams on the air and we are seeing a
better picture of propagation. I also think the modern rigs are better & that
are easier to get on 6 meters is a factor!
Robie - AJ4F
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I have been on 6 meters since '63 and have seen a lot of up and down of band
conditions in different years, but don't believe this year is anything
special. the really good years is when the sun spot cycle really gets hot,
world wide openings, this year for us up in the pacific northwest the
E-Skip has been observed as high as 220 MHz.
It certainly is prevalent on 144 Mhz, obviously not as much as on 6 & 10 M but
it DOES happen.
Multiple hop Es can get you quite a ways on 6M, especially if it is combined
with some Tropo ducting.
During really good F-2 openings, it seems that the
Hi Wayne,
There are many Elecrafters on 6M. Great antennas and high power are
better than QRP into a wet string, but from Chicago, I worked a guy on
Long Island loading a random wire in his basement, and from NorCal, I've
worked KH6 and the east coast with 100W into an 80M dipole. :)
The
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
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
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