The movie Annie had a great lyric line for the potential 6 mx propagation in the next 6 months.
"The Sun will come up tomorrow" and alot of days to follow according to W3LPL. Get those 6 meter antennas ready. Comments below, from Frank W3LPL, a noted DX'ing expert in Maryland. (snip) Subject: [FFMA] Widespread 6 Meter Coast-to-Coast and Worldwide F2 Propagation is Likely This Fall and Winter! Ain't this solar maximum great? Solar Cycle 25 is now much, much stronger than anyone anticipated, and it's slowly growing stronger through at least this weekend. Today's estimated international sunspot number is 281. It's increasingly likely that we'll have widespread coast-to-coast and worldwide 6 meter F2 propagation during *about half of the days* between late October and at least early February. Widespread F2 openings are likely to bring 6 meter CW and SSB to life like we haven't experienced in more than 20 years. The first sign of enhanced 6 meter F2 will be increasingly frequent TEP from Europe and North America to South America and the South Atlantic islands. TEP may begin very sporadically by late August and become increasingly frequent later in September and especially during October. Coast-to-coast F2 propagation and propagation crossing the Atlantic to Europe and Africa may begin sporadically during September and October and become frequent and long lasting by early November. Effective 6 meter antennas can be very small. 3 element Yagis are small, lightweight and very effective. 20 foot antenna height is adequate but sloping terrain or higher antennas perform much better. Heights higher than 50 feet are unnecessary and in many cases perform poorly. *Are you ready for this once in a lifetime experience?* 73 Frank W3LPL (snip)
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