Category Archives: Sporadic E

First 6 m ES this year & a few ARRL-RTTY-RU contacts

Posted on January 4, 2016 by dh8bqa

Our station was reserved for DL3BQA to operate in the ARRL-RTTY-Roundup last weekend. While he enjoyed some great runs on 15 m Sunday afternoon I had some fun on 6 m as there was a great winter E-skip opening into EI, signals … Continue reading →

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The Late Night Show on 4 m

Posted on August 16, 2015 by dh8bqa

Surprisingly 4 m opened late at night last night! Probably not many expecting such a late time opening that late in the Sporadic-E season thus activity was rather low and not many QSOs done. But good to catch IO94 for … Continue reading →

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QSL of the month? QSL of the year! ;-)

Posted on August 12, 2015 by dh8bqa

Nice surprise opening the post box this morning: EA8 on 2m terrestrial confirmed. 😎   

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Late season Sporadic-E on 2 m

Posted on August 9, 2015 by dh8bqa

Playing around on 6, 4 & 2 m this weekend but Perseids meteor shower not picking up yet. There was a big ES cloud Sunday morning with MUF up to 144 MHz above Eastern Europe but too far away to … Continue reading →

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HBØ – Liechtenstein #137 on 6 m … and 2 m ES again

Posted on July 8, 2015 by dh8bqa

Got a phone call by Sandro’s (DD3SP) wife Yvonne around 15z passing his best regards and telling me to “move my butt out of the office, hurry home and join the Sporadic E fun on 4 & 2 m”. 😉 Luckily I … Continue reading →

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More 4 m and a nice one hour Sporadic-E opening on 2 m

Posted on June 22, 2015 by dh8bqa

Arriving from QRL seemed to be just in time this evening! Switching on the radio I heard Geoff, EA5/G3XGS, on 4 m and grabbed him easily for a new square. Looking at LiveMUF by Dave, G7RAU, it seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Great fun on four, frustration on 6 m today

Posted on June 21, 2015 by dh8bqa

Six had been wide open all over Europe the whole morning. Except a weak D4C via double-hop ES who provided a new square (had wkd D4 in HK86 before but HK76 was new) there was nothing interesting at all. So … Continue reading →

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EA8 – Canary Islands #65 on 2 m – 3.700 km terrestrial!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by dh8bqa

During the great 4 m opening tonight I saw the MUF rising slowly. Later first QSOs were reported on 2 m between G/GW/EI and the Mediterranean and when I saw ES geometry should be right I switched over to 2 m. … Continue reading →

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Fantastic 4 m opening tonight!

Posted on June 16, 2015 by dh8bqa

Was a bit late out of QRL again today (19 o’clock) but the first thing to do when arriving home during the summer is to switch on the rig and check for ES conditions. 😉 Seems the 4 m band … Continue reading →

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OJ0 – Market Reef #64 on 2 m

Posted on June 10, 2015 by dh8bqa

Not very active after returning from holidays, QRL taking its toll. Besides this 6 and 4 m haven’t been very active, too. There were a few openings but if I was there in the evenings I was either too close … Continue reading →

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More 70 MHz Sporadic-E

Posted on June 4, 2015 by dh8bqa

“Four” opened up again this afternoon and evening. Seemed very patchy most of the time although Malta, 9H, proved to be the ES hotspot again, the guys were in & out for several hours! Just wished activity would be a … Continue reading →

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Double hop Sporadic-E into EA8 on 4 m

Posted on June 3, 2015 by dh8bqa

Wow, what a great day! It didn’t look too promising during the morning. There was a nice ES cloud with MUFs up into the 80-90 MHz but too close, i.e. just 250 km east above SP2. Nevertheless I went to … Continue reading →

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QRP in the WPX-CW using the Elecraft KX3

Posted on June 1, 2015 by dh8bqa

My motivation to participate full-time and high power in the WPX-CW was quite low this time. Currently I’m rather in “VHF mood” enjoying 6 & 4 m as well as waiting for more Sporadic E on 2 m during my holidays. … Continue reading →

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SØ – Western Sahara #136 on 6 m

Posted on May 28, 2015 by dh8bqa

Well, not much worked during the week. Bands were rather flat. 6 m just only opened quite nicely this evening but I spent most of my time on 4 m again as there was a big ES opening in Western … Continue reading →

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More 4 m and first 2 m Sporadic E this year

Posted on May 15, 2015 by dh8bqa

What an interesting day! Just worked two OH1’s on MS for a new country and square before leaving for QRL in the morning. So could only watch all the fun on the cluster and DXMaps website. Seems 6 & 4 … Continue reading →

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First 4 m ES opening + 6 m ES/TEP link

Posted on May 14, 2015 by dh8bqa

Father’s Day is a public holiday overhere so I had the chance to be at the station early morning already. Sporadic E season has started and the whole day saw massive ES propagation over all of Europe. MUF went up … Continue reading →

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Massive 4 m opening and a bit of 6 m NA

Posted on July 20, 2014 by dh8bqa

Six meters opened into North America tonight but once again bad luck overhere. Briefly heard AC4TO with about 419 and K4RX with 529 but couldn’t raise their attention. A pity as both would have been new squares. Always have the … Continue reading →

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Sporadic E on 2 m

Posted on July 2, 2014 by dh8bqa

Finally a good opening this evening. It started with a lonely EI3KD being 59+20 while calling CQ on 144.300 MHz. Worked him with just 8 W as the PA was still off. 🙂 No other ones around. After he faded … Continue reading →

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Sporadic E … finally!

Posted on June 7, 2014 by dh8bqa

There was a nice long ES opening on 2 m today but too far south, i.e. between F and LZ/SV. Hoped all the time the ES cloud would move a bit but not much happened. Then I heard stations south … Continue reading →

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Israel 4X confirmed on 2 m

Posted on January 19, 2014 by dh8bqa

Just digging through the pile of QSLs received via the bureau last month and almost made a jump out of my chair. 😉 Finally received the card of Ralph, 4X1IF, whom I worked in May 2010 on 2 m via … Continue reading →

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