[Elecraft] Is it just me or is 6 meters hotter than usual?

[Fred Jensen]

Es happens every summer.  It commonly is most prevalent on 6, however 10 
is often involved.  I've experienced it on 20and 15 on rare occasions.  
It sure does seem to be more pronounced this year though.  For some 
reason, it seems to abhor the western part of North America.  I suspect 
part of that may be because there are precious few hams out in the Basin 
and Range to use it... you know, "tree falls in the forest, no one is 
there ..."

There's an RF-quiet QTH in the Bay Area? [:-)

73,

Fred ("Skip") K6DGW
Sparks NV USA
Washoe County DM09dn

On 7/29/2017 11:14 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> I’m pretty new to 6 meters. I was expecting very limited activity. But now that I have an alert set up on dxmaps.com, I’m finding there are multiple openings every day. There’s an opening right now that includes the west coast.
>
> Is the propagation better than usual for July?
>
> Unfortunately my antennas for 6 aren’t all that great, and the local noise level is high, so I’ve been making use of every tool in the K3S toolbox (IF NB, DSP NB, NR, AFX, narrow filters, diversity, and CW-in-SSB). I’m considering taking the rig mobile to an RF-quiet location in the Bay Area next time there’s an opening. I have my eye out for a portable 6-meter beam.
>
> Now know what they mean by “magic band." Give it a whirl....
>