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Early Sporadic Es continue to impress. During the evening of May 14th the VE4VHF/b beacon in Manitoba was in 599+++. I noticed on the cluster that VE6ZT in Alberta spotted the VE2RCS/b beacon, also located in my grid square FN25. … Continue reading →

A nice little DX opening towards the Caribbean and South America was brewing, but unfortunately I was on my way out the door. I managed to work a couple of DX stations before I had to leave. First I worked … Continue reading →

A nice opening today including my first double hop Es contact to the west coast this season. A couple of pretty good Es clouds in just the right positions provided for a path from the east to west. I was … Continue reading →

A nice opening between North and South America this afternoon on 6. Unfortunately for me I was outside of the main pipeline and did not hear a single signal (up until this post). Many contacts made between CE,LU,CX and many … Continue reading →

The morning of Wednesday May 8th is starting off with a minor single hop Es opening in the eastern half of North America. Will see what the rest of the day will bring us.  

6m has sprung to life here in North America the past 3 days with numerous single hop Es openings, plus a couple of nice South American DX openings. Yesterday evening I got home around suppertime to find the band open … Continue reading →

The BZ component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is currently tipped south this evening and minor geomagnetic activity is being detected. Some aurora contacts have been made here in the northeast. Some of the stations heard here were VE2XX, … Continue reading →

Just like every other year it seems, Europe is getting into the sporadic Es a little earlier than North America. The past several days Europe have had some decent openings within the continent. It shouldn’t be much longer until NA … Continue reading →

This blog has been very quiet, however I look to get it restarted as of right now. The Unofficial start to Sporadic Es season in the northern hemisphere is symbolically May 1st. A few openings are known to take place … Continue reading →

After getting home after band practice, I turned on the radio to find a large opening towards the Pacific Northwest. Things towards that direction has been fairly quiet so far from here in FN25. It was nice to work some … Continue reading →