[NLRS] 2M Es

[w7xu at iw.net]

It was the best 2m Es opening that I can recall, Jon.  Actually, I caught 2
openings on 2 yesterday.  The first was to XE2 (DL95) and Texas.  The 2nd
one began about 2330 UTC and lasted for nearly 3 hours.  I worked 66 stations
on 2m Es from Texas to Pennsylvania, plus VE6TA in DO33.  I worked 9 new
grids on 2m, which is a rare occurrence for me (now 275 grids on that band).

I even heard some Es on 146.52, but quit trying to work any DX on that 
frequency after 2 locals complained that 146.52 was the SOUTH DAKOTA FM
simplex frequency.  When I tried to explain that I was hearing Texas stations
on FM as well as on SSB, one said "well then, maybe you just need to go back
to sideband."   Sigh.

I tried 222 a number of times because I still need Florida on that band, but
I heard nothing up there.  Neither did I hear any reports of others making a
contact on 222.

Six meters was still open to the east coast with 50 dB over S9 signals when I
went to bed at 2 AM, and the band was full of beacons when I left for work
this morning.  I'm wondering if today will be a day for Europe into the midwest
on 6, but unfortunately I have to spend the next 24 hours here at work.

73,  Arliss 
W7XU EN13
  


 On Sat 10/19/06 07:33 , w0zq at aol.com sent:
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> Nice catch on the 2m E's guys !   I was getting brownie points for checking
> out kitchen flooring at the time ....... drat
> Any 222 E's ..... anyone try ??  Make sure you forward this info to W3ZZ
> (QST World Above) as he is working on a E's write-up for later this summer
> - I think W3ZZ at arrl.org works.   
> Step one this morning is to re-assemble my home station after roving last
> weekend so that I can work some of this stuff.
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ