[50mhz] 6m Yesterday

[John Geiger]

I was wondering the same thing about EA8DBM.  He was a real S7 on the meter 
here around 1840Z.  Seemed very loud for multihop Es and the flux and SSN 
was pretty high. Is F2 possible on 6m in July?

73 John AF5CC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray W2RS via 50mhz" <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
To: <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>; <k7ra at arrl.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 1:05 PM
Subject: [50mhz] 6m Yesterday


> Yesterday (July 5) started out frustrating.  From here in DM41 I heard 
> W5s
> and W0s working all sorts of 50 MHz DX that I could not hear.  I worked  a
> few East Coast stations on double-hop Es, but that was all.
>
> Finally (1747Z), I worked EA8DBM, a new one for me on 6 and the only DX
> station I heard all day.  I wonder, though, about the propagation  mode. 
> I
> gave him a 55 report, but his signal later built up to  S8.  That seems
> awfully strong for 4- or 5-hop Es (the distance  is 5456 miles).  With the 
> solar
> flux so high, could it have been F2?
>
> On 6 I am running 150 watts to a multi-band vertical (Hy-Gain AV620).
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
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