[50mhz] Is summer Es late this year??

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:50:53 -0600

I guess a better title for my post would have been, "Will the Es be EARLY again
this year?"  <g> Oh, well.

Reason I'm getting antsy: When I first got on 6M last June 7th, I set myself
this goal, which was to accomplish 6M WAS and  VUCC-200 in my first year on 6M.
When the last of my winter-season Es contacts was logged in February, I was at
WAS 42/42, VUCC 191/187. I figured that during the six or so weeks of spring Es
I was expecting, completing the WAS would be doable (though a challenge) and the
VUCC-200 would be a slam dunk. But that was assuming it would get started in
April (as I had heard it did last year). If it doesn't start until LATE MAY, as
K2DP said, I could be in trouble.  ;-)  That would only give me a couple of
weeks before June 7th.

Here's hoping we have another early-starting, record-breaking Es season this
spring/summer. Thanks for all the replies!

Bill / W5WVO
Albuquerque, NM

P.S.: For 6M WAS, need AK, WY, OH, WV, DE, NJ, VT, RI. Some should be easy,
others not so easy. Anybody on the list in those states?

John Geiger wrote:
> Last summer was one of the best Es seasons on record.
> Definitely the best in the 11 years I have been on 6
> meters.  My log shows that I started making consistent
> 6 meter QSOs around April 22.  So we have a few days
> before we worry.  Most years Es seems to start around
> the beginning to middle of May.
>
> One way to make the Es show up is to leave the house
> on vacation for a couple of days.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
> --- K2DP <[email protected]> wrote:
>> As of April 18th, I don't think anything is late.
>> Usually begin to see some
>> e-skip in late May.
>>
>> 73,
>> Dave, K2DP, St. Louis
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill VanAlstyne" <[email protected]>
>> To: "_Mailing List 50 MHz" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:08 PM
>> Subject: [50mhz] Is summer Es late this year??
>>
>>
>>> The subject line says it. I got on 6M for the first time last June,
>>> had a blast, now waiting (along with everybody else) for
>> the return of summer
>> Es.
>>> Question: Is it late this year? Looking for some words of
>>> experience from some 6M old-timers here.  :-)
>>>
>>> Bill / W5WVO
>>> Albuquerque, NM
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