[SixClub] Summer 2010 in review

[Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW]

IMO,

 Obviously some of us have more time to radio than others.  I am disabled so 
I have alot of time.  about 150 ( NEW )  grids on 6 meters and 5 new 
Countries.
71 Grids on 2 meter SSB  and  Mexico , Canada

and I agree, July fizzled out.........  but,....... having said that, I'll 
also say that if one were in the right place at the right time in June. and 
was a Newbie, they could have worked 300 + new grids in june.

                                                                             
    Joey



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> This was my first Es season from this QTH (DM41) so I don't really have
> anything to compare it with.  My first Es QSO was May 3, the last July  5.
> May seemed pretty good, but all single-hop stuff.  June was great,  while 
> July
> shut down early.
>
> In all, 128 grids, 43 states and 2 VE provinces, plus XE, FG, FS and  CU2.
> Gary, CU2JT, was in here for nearly 3 hours on June 24.
>
> 73,
>
> Ray W2RS
>
>
> In a message dated 7/28/2010 2:42:11 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
> aa5jg at yahoo.com writes:
>
> So now  that the 6 meter Es season is about over (I usually end it after
> the peak of  the Perseids) what has it been like in different parts of the
> country?   And how has it compared with other years?  I have been on 6m 
> since
> 1992  so have about 19 Es seasons to compare it to.  Some observations 
> from
> Oklahoma are:
>
> 1. April and May were far above average.  Probably  the best April/May I
> have seen.  The band was open almost every day  during that the last week 
> of
> April and through May, which is  ususual.
>
> 2. June was a little below average.  We had a fantastic  opening on June
> 2nd (I worked Costa Rica while running 25 watts mobile) but  then the band
> really took a dip.  There was a great opening for the June  VHF contest, 
> and I
> broke my previous 6 meter grid total for that  contest.  The weekend after
> the contest saw our only really good opening  to EU on that Sunday AM-I
> worked Sweden and Germany, not usually countries you  think of working on 
> 6m.
> Other than that, June did not see as many  openings as usual-this is the 
> month
> that the band is usually open every  day.
>
> 3. July was far below average.  Probably the worst July I  have ever seen
> on 6m.  The 2nd and 3rd had very nice openings-I worked  Spain for a new
> country on the 3rd-but that was about it for the month.   The rest of the
> openings were pretty spotty and short lived. Usually the first  10 days or 
> so of
> July are really hopping, but not this year. There was a nice  opening
> Saturday night during the July CQVHF contest, but it was pretty short 
> lived as
> well.
>
> I am not expecting much the rest of July and into  August as those are
> usually slowing down times on 6m-you get some short  openings but nothing 
> like
> June and early July usually are.  It will be  interesting to see what the
> Perseids are like.
>
> One other interesting  observation is that we didn't get any openings to
> speak of into the Carribean  Sea. That is very rare here.  Usually we have
> several openings to the  Islands but never heard them here.  Got openings 
> to
> Costa Rica twice but  that was about it for southern openings.
>
> June was probably the best I  have seen it for 2 meters, though.  Two long
> 2 hour Es openings, but  another, short, limited Es opening results in 5 
> new
> grids on 2m, putting me at  158 grids worked.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
> Grid EM04-Lawton,  OK
>
>
>
>
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