[50mhz] band open no one home

[Anthony W. DePrato]

Well i see the band did wonders for the northwest and west coasts last 
night  with a W6 to EA contact . that is hard on 20 mts from the left coast 
sometimes.
about 8pm est i was tuning and hearing nothing then the N0LL beacon came in 
about s5 then dropped out an one of the Minn beacons came in S3 then faded 
out. i was on .125 the rig on cw so i send a test and my call, Henry  W0RLI 
came back S3 deep qsb. it took us 3 tries to get calls and rpt's passed. 
but we did make a quick qso then he was gone. looking at the map and the 
beacons i was hearing and Henry being the only station i heard or heard me 
I wondered if it could have been a double cloud E. I called him on SSB but 
never heard him again. checking the map and WWV  report. and the fact that 
we had a CME hit. I am leaning towards an F Layer contact. between KY and 
Org. EM77>CN85
This morning i got on at 8am EST. heard nothing north ,east,or west but 
when i turned south again i heard a beacon S2 to S5 from EM86 in Fla. 
nothing else. called cq on .125 ssb nothing then CW nothing. beacon still 
in S4. called for 5 mins no replies shut down and went to work.. wish 
someone in Fla or the Gulf had been on.. last night Henry and I were at the 
right place at the right time. Thanks for the         QSO Henry.

73 Tony

QBE  ZUT  DE WA4JQS

ANTHONY W. (Tony) DePrato WA4JQS EXTRA - HEAVY
Since 1962
CQ DX HALL OF FAME # 35
A1-OP      FISTS  # 10573
South Sandwich Island Dxpedition Group
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