Thursday, May 20, 2021

Amazing 6m propagation 19-May

 


PB7Z Bernard messaged me he could work USA on 6m early in the evening. Unfortunately I saw nothing from that side. But 10 minutes later propagation arrived and did hold on till local midnight. Icredible signals, some USA station had a S9 on my S-meter. I had the opportunity to work USA on SSB this time, something I never did before. The last US based SSB station on 6m heard was back in 2001 I believe!

I also worked fellow blogger WW1L after some effort...



10 comments:

John AE5X said...

I'm gonna keep the rig on 6m FT8 all day, hoping for good propagation to interrupt my popcorn. So far, only a local...but it's early here.

73,
John

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Right now I don't see/hear anything on 6m. Things can suddenly change however. 73, Bas

John AE5X said...

Hello again Bas,

The June QST has a brief recommendation on page 83 by Joe K1JT - he recommends Q65-15A for trans-equatorial on 6 meters. In several hours, I've heard (seen) no one there but FT8 is full of stations. It seems like Q65 (in any flavor) is not popular at all on 6 meters for some reason.

73,
John

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Hello John, I saw several spots from QSOs made on 50275 Q65 30A. 30A seems to be the most used at the moment. Also saw activity on 50305 but never seen it myself only on the cluster and KSTchat. Would love to experiment with it.
73, Bas

Photon said...

Great stuff. As for K1JT, he should encourage people to make more effort with what we already have, than endlessly introduce new modes. Cue: bunfight!

MadDogMcQ said...

Amazing conditions! Sounds like you had a great time.

Regards, Tom, M7MCQ.

Paul Stam PAØK said...

Hallo Bas, dat zijn toch leuke dingen. Ik zat die week op Terschelling. Zonder spullen, wat ik eigenlijk ook nooit doe. 73 Paul

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Hello John, divided opinions about introducing new modes. You should also think about future progression. 73, Bas

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Hello Tom, absolutely. These kind of "evenings" do not happen very often. 73, Bas

PE4BAS, Bas said...

Hallo Paul, Terschelling is ook leuk. Ik heb de laatste vakantie naar Denemarken op verzoek XYL ook niks meegenomen. Er zijn ook andere dingen om van te genieten. 73, Bas