[NLRS] 6M open again today

[Doug Reed]

PSKreporter.info is saying that 6M is open again today. At 11AM the
map is showing lots of activity from Toronto and New York to Louisiana
and Florida, plus Oklahoma and Kansas to the east coast. The map even
shows another Minnesota station, K0MVJ in EN36 being heard by N9JY in
Florida, unless of course one of them has moved without updating their
address.....

Don't forget, the activity being displayed is in digital JT65 mode on
50.277MHz. The specs for JT65 say it can be decoded up to 24dB below
the noise floor. The way I read that is that you may need very high
power to make the QSO on SSB voice. My off-the-cuff guess would be
that you need 100 watts SSB to do what 1 watt or less of JT65 is
doing, so don't be disappointed if any voice Q's come hard.

FWIW, last night the PSKreporter.info map showed the band was open to
the west coast after 8PM CDT and they were talking all over the
southern and eastern US. If you are chasing WAS on 6M, you would
probably be well advised to try the digital modes to help find
activity. You might be able to complete in one summer... Good luck!

73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.