[Elecraft] 6 Meter Questions - OT

[Bill W5WVO]

Don Rasmussen wrote:
> Are there more sporadic E openings on 6 meters closer
> to the sunspot cycle maximum?

No. There has never been any credible evidence that the solar cycle affects 
sporadic-E one way or the other. You can't prove a negative, but there is 
certainly no observable correlation that has been shown to be statistically 
significant.

> How bad is a "poor" Summer for 6m CW & SSB, and on
> average how often does that happen as compared to a
> decent Summer of stateside DX on 6 meters?

Worst sporadic-E summer on 6m here in NM (recently) was probably the summer of 
2004 -- only 658 Qs, though I did miss the last three weeks of the season due 
to moving. Best was the summer of 2006, by far (2204 Qs). What an awesome 
year! Last summer was good in some places (especially the east coast), so-so 
in others, like here -- 1262 Qs in 2007.

Unlike F2, there's no proven way of predicting when it's going to be a great 
year for sporadic-E. It's great about as often as it is crummy -- in other 
words, a more or less normal distribution of badness/goodness. :-)

Bill W5WVO


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> [Elecraft] K3 on 6 Meters
> Bill W5WVO w5wvo at cybermesa.net
> Tue Apr 1 16:42:37 EST 2008
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> Yes, Dave, you can rest assured that there are many
> present and near-future K3
> owners waiting with bated breatrh for this year's
> sporadic-E season to start.
> Where you are in AZ, monitor 50125 kHz for occasional
> "early bird" openings
> starting around mid-April; the "main event" gets going
> around May 15 and lasts
> through August 15, typically. If you have never
> experienced a 6-meter
> sporadic-E season, you're in for a real fun (and
> probably addictive)
> experience!
>
> And get that 1.8 kHz roofing filter ready for the ARRL
> and CQ VHF contests in
> June/July. If the band is open, you'll need it!
>
> Bill W5WVO
> DM65
> K3 late April / early May
>
>
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