6m QRP FT8 (Wednesday)

 

It is very pleasing that activity on 6m FT8 is still good. I suspect most are Es. See the map showing where my QRP FT8 has been spotted this morning.

At the moment solar activity is good although Es is (as far as I know) unrelated to solar activity. I can certainly recall very good Es conditions at all times in the solar cycle.

I am still sure there is a lot to learn about E layer propagation. For example:

• Those long Es openings to the Far East from Europe on 6m every early summer (Mesospheric clouds?).
• An apparent uptick in Scandinavian Es late in the season.
• Long path openings on 6m E layer. Is this some sort of chordal hop?

UPDATE 1355z:  QRT at the moment. 40 spots of me today.