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

[Charlie T, K3ICH]

E-Skip has been observed as high as 220 MHz.
It certainly is prevalent on 144 Mhz, obviously not as much as on 6 & 10 M but it DOES happen.
Multiple hop Es can get you quite a ways on 6M, especially if it is combined with some Tropo ducting.
During really good  F-2 openings, it seems that the higher the MUF, the less power it takes to actually make a contact.
I remember working a guy in Nome Alaska on 6 meters.  He was running 8 watts to a halo on his 2nd floor apartment balcony and was 20 over 9 here in nawthrun Vuhginya.

73, Charlie k3ICH




-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 3:41 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Is it just me or is 6 meters hotter than usual?

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,