[50mhz] Fw: 6 meter F2 opening November 9

[Ray Brown]

  This is forwarded from a regional (Kansas City-area) list...

                Ray, KB0STN




A rare 6 meter F2 opening to the Caribbean and northern South America occurred Saturday morning November 9.

I got up around 9:50 am CST (1550 UTC) after working the night shift and saw the DX cluster loaded up with 6 meter DX spots. I had 
just got a M2 loop up in the attic this week as a temporary antenna. Turned on the radio and FM5AN was hitting 40 dB over S-9 on 
50.115 MHz! I worked him at 1556 UTC followed by a really loud P43A on 50.120 MHz at 1603 UTC. P43A said I was well over S-9 on the 
loop.  Then packed up the car with the portable antenna and set up about a mile west. By the time I set up, the band was fading and 
P43A was dropping out at 1630 UTC. I heard K3PA in EM29 also working some of the DX.

The opening was sparked by “a gusty stream of solar wind is buffeting Earth's magnetic field, sparking auroras around both of our 
planet's poles on Nov. 9th." - Spaceweather.com  The K index was 4.


Jon Jones, N0JK
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