[50mhz] E skip question

[John Geiger (NE0P)]

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From: "Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO" <w5wvo at cybermesa.net>
The same questions first raised over 50 years ago, when
>sporadic-E radio propagation was discovered, remain today:
>
>Why does sporadic-E happen predictbly in the summer and the winter -- but rarely in the spring and fall? 

Actually, I think more sporadic E happens in the spring than in the fall.  Remember spring covers May and June up to around June 21st.  Now later June and early July also gives us really good Es, but we get about 1 1/2 months in spring, and about 1 month in summer for Es.



>Why are mid-day and early afternoon openings so much less common during either season? 

THis is one thing that has really surprised me since moving south.  We get many more mid-day and early afternoon 6 meter openings here. It is pretty common here during the summer to work W6 around 1pm or so. It was pretty rare to have 6 meters open at that time in Iowa.

73s John NE0P 

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