[NLRS] 2m Es Summary

[Jon Platt]

Hi Rich, great report.  Wonder if any 222 Q's were made by anybody?  Regarding that "rumble" sound, that is interesting as I have noticed that as well with past 2m E openings, the band just sounds different.  I wonder if its because we are hearing more "noise" that is being propagated by the E's that normally is not there.  The rumble is not overtly obvious, but it is noticeable.
73, JonW0ZQ


-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Westerberg <richn0hjz at gmail.com>
To: NRLS Reflector <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; Minnesota Wireless Association <mwa at w0aa.org>
Sent: Sun, Jun 27, 2021 3:04 pm
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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