21-03-2018, 04:20 PM
(21-03-2018, 05:14 AM)VK2KRR Wrote: I'd have to agree with Hayden that on 6m WSPR it was busy every day usually starting early morning from somewhere. On numerous days the MUF reached over 100 MHz. On some days it reached over 162 MHz.
A number of stations were able to work into parts of South America on at least 6 occassions on FT8 and I think some made it on SSB and CW, but that would need confirmation maybe from someone like Scott VK4CZ or Brian VK5BC.
There were a couple of paths to California that were detected to California earlier in the season before the solstice.
Was very hectic there for a while, was good fun.
The season was mixed up here in Townsville. There were 6m openings to all VK and ZL but they were usually very brief. I did not hear anything from the Americas. Highlight was working H44 which was a new country for me. Some southern stations were complaining that the Townsville 6m beacon VK4RTL was being heard but no stations were contacted. The beacon is on Mt Stuart at an elevation of 584m whereas most stations are located on the flat ground.
For me, 2m was disappointing with no sporadic E openings to the south. FK8 commercial FM stations were heard several times but no 2m contacts eventuated.
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Wayne VK4WDM