[Elecraft] 6 Meter Questions - OT

[Richard Davis]

Bill,

What are the characteristics of signals on 6 meters that are propagated 
by sporadic-E?  How would I recognize that s-E is in effect?

Richard
K5BWV

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Bill W5WVO wrote:
> 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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