Don Rasmussen wrote:
Are there more sporadic E openings on 6 meters closer
to the sunspot cycle maximum?
No. There has never been any credible evidence that the solar cycle affects
sporadic-E one way or the other. You can't prove a negative, but there is
certainly no observable correlation that has been shown to be statistically
significant.
How bad is a "poor" Summer for 6m CW & SSB, and on
average how often does that happen as compared to a
decent Summer of stateside DX on 6 meters?
Worst sporadic-E summer on 6m here in NM (recently) was probably the summer of
2004 -- only 658 Qs, though I did miss the last three weeks of the season due
to moving. Best was the summer of 2006, by far (2204 Qs). What an awesome
year! Last summer was good in some places (especially the east coast), so-so
in others, like here -- 1262 Qs in 2007.
Unlike F2, there's no proven way of predicting when it's going to be a great
year for sporadic-E. It's great about as often as it is crummy -- in other
words, a more or less normal distribution of badness/goodness. :-)
Bill W5WVO
[Elecraft] K3 on 6 Meters
Bill W5WVO w5wvo at cybermesa.net
Tue Apr 1 16:42:37 EST 2008
Previous message: [Elecraft] K3 on 6 Meters
Yes, Dave, you can rest assured that there are many
present and near-future K3
owners waiting with bated breatrh for this year's
sporadic-E season to start.
Where you are in AZ, monitor 50125 kHz for occasional
"early bird" openings
starting around mid-April; the "main event" gets going
around May 15 and lasts
through August 15, typically. If you have never
experienced a 6-meter
sporadic-E season, you're in for a real fun (and
probably addictive)
experience!
And get that 1.8 kHz roofing filter ready for the ARRL
and CQ VHF contests in
June/July. If the band is open, you'll need it!
Bill W5WVO
DM65
K3 late April / early May
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