[NLRS] 2m Es Summary

[Mary Brown]

I was on the edge, heard a few very weak stations but zero contacts. I
noticed people north of me working into it so I am guessing I was in the
wrong spot for this opening. 2m E-skip can be a very narrow spot where sigs
are massive, out of the spot and nothing or super weak sigs...

Mary
W0AAT

-----Original Message-----
From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Rich Westerberg
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2021 3:05 PM
To: NRLS Reflector; Minnesota Wireless Association
Subject: [NLRS] 2m Es Summary

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
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