[50mhz] 6 meters May 22

[John Geiger]

After an absolutely terrible May for Es, we finally got a decent opening
yesterday. The band started yesterday AM into Florida, and then stayed open
for 8 or 9 hours or more, following the coast as the opening moved North
into VA/NC/SC/TN, then finally into Ohio and Michigan.  There was also a
secondary opening from Oklahoma into Colorado and Arizona during the
morning.  Signals from 4 land were as loud as I have ever heard on 6m,
sometimes hitting 50 db over S9!  Also had an opening into the Carribean,
where I worked FG4NN for a new country, and NP4A.  Also worked VE3IKV/M to
the north in FN05 for a new grid!

So, yesterday resulted in 1 new country and 2 new grids.  Let's do it again
today!  Setup here is an Icom 706 original at 100 watts to a MFJ 3 element
Yagi at 30 feet.

73s John AA5JG EM04to