Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Regularly, at this time of year, there are openings from Europe to the Far East on 6m.  This happens year after year about now.  It appears ...

Even with my attenuator in, I was spotting a Japanese station on 6m FT8. At first, as it is very early in the season for this, which happens...

About now, JA and other Far East stations are worked from Western Europe on 6m. This is linked to noctilucent clouds that form at this time ...

In July for many years, stations in Europe have been able to work stations on 6m (VHF) in Japan . A look at the map will show this is a very...

On my website there is a page about super DX on VHF and UHF. Most, or every, summer there are 6m openings from Western Europe to the Far Eas...

Recently, there have been reports of DX contacts on 6m between New Zealand and South America. For as many late spring/early summers as I can...

Every year about now, 6m opens from Japan to western Europe. For a long time I have been of the view that this is E layer propagation, but n...

In the first few weeks of June the 6m path from western Europe to Japan opens up regularly. This is a very long way. I recall a few years a...

Southgate News passes on a Spaceweather report that noctilucent cloud formations are probably the best for years. Just about every June t...

In the next few months noctilucent clouds are often seen. There is a possibility that these are responsible for the very long 6m paths tha...

These high altitude clouds appear most often around the summer solstice and support radar returns. It has yet to be tried, but it means very...

It is the time of year when we tend to see the better equipped Western European 6m stations working Japan. This is a long way. The popular ...

6m WSPR has come to life with spots exchanged several times this afternoon with EA1KV (1304km).  DL4MFC (916km) spotted me on 6m WSPR at ...

I am tempted to QSY down a band to 28MHz from 50MHz, but fear that 6m will then promptly open to the USA by multi-hop Es. It would just be m...

There is some indication that the long Europe to Japan path on 50MHz in the summer months is due to Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes, or PMSE...

Check out this image of a noctilucent cloud formation. See http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2010/10jul10/CROISIER-Alexandre1.jpg

Recent nights have been good for these high altitude night-time visible mesospheric clouds which return strong microwave echoes, so should b...

Noctilucent, very high altitude, night time visible, clouds are becoming more common and at lower latitudes. This may be a result of climate...

There was a MOST interesting note on the ARRL propagation report tonight: "Noctilucent Clouds Return - As reported at spaceweather.com ...