[50mhz] 50mhz Digest, Vol 78, Issue 25
Dan Schaaf
dan-schaaf at att.net
Wed Jul 28 13:17:15 EDT 2010
I only saw 3 decent days into EU from here in SW FL. Got a GJ and an OX for
new ones. Mostly west EU. East EU couldn't hear me.
Not as good as the past 3 years.
Lots of USA to PNW and CA and West canada.
Only once did I hear JE1BMJ but declined to work him since I already have 3
JAs on 6 and decided to let other have a shot at him.
However, it was 13 Aug 2008 that I worked into JA for the first time so I
will keep and ear out this Aug also.
Really cleaned house on that big 2 meter tropo. Several KP4s, DM80, NJ, CT,
MD.
Dan Schaaf
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> From: John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [50mhz] Summer 2010 in review
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> So now that the 6 meter Es season is about over (I usually end it after
> the peak of the Perseids) what has it been like in different parts of the
> country? And how has it compared with other years? I have been on 6m
> since 1992 so have about 19 Es seasons to compare it to. Some
> observations from Oklahoma are:
>
> 1. April and May were far above average. Probably the best April/May I
> have seen. The band was open almost every day during that the last week
> of April and through May, which is ususual.
>
> 2. June was a little below average. We had a fantastic opening on June
> 2nd (I worked Costa Rica while running 25 watts mobile) but then the band
> really took a dip. There was a great opening for the June VHF contest,
> and I broke my previous 6 meter grid total for that contest. The weekend
> after the contest saw our only really good opening to EU on that Sunday
> AM-I worked Sweden and Germany, not usually countries you think of working
> on 6m. Other than that, June did not see as many openings as usual-this
> is the month that the band is usually open every day.
>
> 3. July was far below average. Probably the worst July I have ever seen
> on 6m. The 2nd and 3rd had very nice openings-I worked Spain for a new
> country on the 3rd-but that was about it for the month. The rest of the
> openings were pretty spotty and short lived. Usually the first 10 days or
> so of July are really hopping, but not this year. There was a nice opening
> Saturday night during the July CQVHF contest, but it was pretty short
> lived as well.
>
> I am not expecting much the rest of July and into August as those are
> usually slowing down times on 6m-you get some short openings but nothing
> like June and early July usually are. It will be interesting to see what
> the Perseids are like.
>
> One other interesting observation is that we didn't get any openings to
> speak of into the Carribean Sea. That is very rare here. Usually we have
> several openings to the Islands but never heard them here. Got openings
> to Costa Rica twice but that was about it for southern openings.
>
> June was probably the best I have seen it for 2 meters, though. Two long
> 2 hour Es openings, but another, short, limited Es opening results in 5
> new grids on 2m, putting me at 158 grids worked.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
> Grid EM04-Lawton, OK
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:06:29 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Rsoifer at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [50mhz] Summer 2010 in review
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> This was my first Es season from this QTH (DM41) so I don't really have
> anything to compare it with. My first Es QSO was May 3, the last July 5.
> May seemed pretty good, but all single-hop stuff. June was great, while
> July
> shut down early.
>
> In all, 128 grids, 43 states and 2 VE provinces, plus XE, FG, FS and CU2.
> Gary, CU2JT, was in here for nearly 3 hours on June 24.
>
> 73,
>
> Ray W2RS
>
>
> In a message dated 7/28/2010 2:42:11 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
> aa5jg at yahoo.com writes:
>
> So now that the 6 meter Es season is about over (I usually end it after
> the peak of the Perseids) what has it been like in different parts of the
> country? And how has it compared with other years? I have been on 6m
> since
> 1992 so have about 19 Es seasons to compare it to. Some observations
> from
> Oklahoma are:
>
> 1. April and May were far above average. Probably the best April/May I
> have seen. The band was open almost every day during that the last week
> of
> April and through May, which is ususual.
>
> 2. June was a little below average. We had a fantastic opening on June
> 2nd (I worked Costa Rica while running 25 watts mobile) but then the band
> really took a dip. There was a great opening for the June VHF contest,
> and I
> broke my previous 6 meter grid total for that contest. The weekend after
> the contest saw our only really good opening to EU on that Sunday AM-I
> worked Sweden and Germany, not usually countries you think of working on
> 6m.
> Other than that, June did not see as many openings as usual-this is the
> month
> that the band is usually open every day.
>
> 3. July was far below average. Probably the worst July I have ever seen
> on 6m. The 2nd and 3rd had very nice openings-I worked Spain for a new
> country on the 3rd-but that was about it for the month. The rest of the
> openings were pretty spotty and short lived. Usually the first 10 days or
> so of
> July are really hopping, but not this year. There was a nice opening
> Saturday night during the July CQVHF contest, but it was pretty short
> lived as
> well.
>
> I am not expecting much the rest of July and into August as those are
> usually slowing down times on 6m-you get some short openings but nothing
> like
> June and early July usually are. It will be interesting to see what the
> Perseids are like.
>
> One other interesting observation is that we didn't get any openings to
> speak of into the Carribean Sea. That is very rare here. Usually we have
> several openings to the Islands but never heard them here. Got openings
> to
> Costa Rica twice but that was about it for southern openings.
>
> June was probably the best I have seen it for 2 meters, though. Two long
> 2 hour Es openings, but another, short, limited Es opening results in 5
> new
> grids on 2m, putting me at 158 grids worked.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
> Grid EM04-Lawton, OK
>
>
>
>
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