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Band Watch => 15 Meters => Topic started by: wb1ead on July 05, 2020, 04:21:31 PM



Title: 15mtrs was open but no takers...
Post by: wb1ead on July 05, 2020, 04:21:31 PM
Hi All..I tried for over 20 mins to raise someone on AM on 21.410..CQ CQ CQ..NADA but wow was the band open or what..some of the SSBers below were as strong as 30 over..all up and down the East coast..I cud hear VE3 and weak W8 on SSB but the guys on the Atlantic side were very strong..I also tried 10mtrs 29.010 for about the same time but no luk there either although the FMers above were 20 to 30 over also..it lasted on both bands from 1700 to well over 1900 UTC and it's stiil going on but slowly fading off..I will be there tomorrow......stay safe 73 de DAVE WB1EAD


Title: Re: 15mtrs was open but no takers...
Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on July 05, 2020, 06:36:16 PM
I just captured screen shots for 15 and 6 meters at roughly 6:30 PM EDT.
15 meters looks like mostly trans-equatorial propagation (North - South)
6 meters  busy but the map is misleading in that it's only showing mostly FT8 contacts.

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