[NLRS] 2m Es Summary

[Rich Westerberg]

Hi All -

What a fun start to Sunday!  I was going to operate some 40M CW and gave a
listen to 6M.  The band was really short, so I headed over to 2M.  I heard
the usual "rumble" that gave me the heads-up that 2M was going to open.  I
can't explain what the "rumble" is but I think it sounds like several
voices just below the noise.  It was present so I started to call.

I was rewarded with 2M Es from 1441 - 1737z.  There were multiple Es clouds
and at times the MUF got pretty high.  I wouldn't be surprised if someone
made some 222 MHz Es QSO's today.  Signals were as loud as S9 + 20db, all
the way down to the noise.

Stations were worked in FL, GA, AL, MS, TN & KY.  Grids worked were EL87 &
98, EM51, 53, 55, 56, 60, 63, 64, 70 & 71.

The station is an FT991, 400w brick & 12 element yagi at 25 feet.  All
human decoding!

I hope others got in on the opening!

73
Rich N0HJZ
EN34cm