[Mich VHF UHF Society] Fwd: [VHF] 7/24 144 MHz E SKIP comments

[Roger Cox]

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From: John Geiger via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Date: Sat, Jul 24, 2021, 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [VHF] 7/24 144 MHz E SKIP comments
To: Sam Whitley <k5sw at att.net>
Cc: WQ0P <lykethat at gmail.com>, KF0M <kf0m at arrl.net>, peter h via VHF <
vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>, N0JK <n0jk at arrl.org>


I was the EM04 Lawton station that Sam heard working the EM79 station.  I
have been leaving the subreceiver for my Kenwood TS2000 (which is FM/AM
only) on 144.200 this summer in hopes that an Es opening would break the
squelch or show up on the S meter.  Well today it paid off.  I came inside
from my afternoon job in 100 degree temperatures and got on 6 meters to see
the S meter on the subreceiver bouncing around. I figured I had better get
the main receiver over to 144.200 to see what was happening!

I first heard WB8LNG signing with W0RT in Kansas, so called him and after a
couple of minutes we completed.  He is in EM79 and this was at 2134Z, and
then worked KC8GAE also in EM79 at 2135Z.  A few CQs on 144.200 didn't
yield anything so I went over the 144.174 FT8 and worked the following
stations:

2139Z K4MY EM74
2141Z KC7RW EM73
2143Z WB4JWM EM83
2156Z WA9DU EM69
2205 KF8MY EN84
2228 VE3KRP EN58

Also copied stations in EN91 and FM06 on FT8.  There seemed to be 2
different Es clouds, one open to GA and NC, and one to OH/MI and ON.
Worked 6 new 2 meter grids to put me at around 161 grids on 2m.  Lets hope
for a repeat tomorrow!

Station here is a Kenwood TS2000 at 90 watts to a Cushcraft A270-10S
dualband yagi at 15 feet.  It has 5 elements on 2 meters on a 6 foot boom,
so a large station isn't required to get in on the Es fun!

73 John AF5CC
Grid EM04to

On Sat, Jul 24, 2021 at 8:46 PM Sam Whitley via VHF <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
wrote:

> Today was not showing me much-
> The BCN check I made  at 8AM,. did NOT show any enhanced TROPO
> propagation  at all, so I thought today would be a bummer
>
>
>
> But later, after Lunch, on  50 mhz, I  began to open strong-XE2O/b EL05
> was in solid for  over 3 hours, then the MUF began to rise, as on 50 mhz I
> copied KE5JXC/b Pecan, Island, La. EL39 very STRONG  @ 437 miles, showing
> high MUF.I called  on 144 MHZ toward several areas that looked promising.
> Nothing happened for a long period, then I got a HIGH MUF WARNING E MAIL,
> then listening on 144.200 , I kept hearing weak bits of signals, sometimes
> muffled, never knowing where to point, unable to get a call sign, as I
kept
> turning Antenna, then I hrd on ground wave, an EM04 stn in Lawton, Ok
> signing with a EM79 station in OH & ON4KST prop logger was showing some
144
> mhz e skip contacts.
>
> After a period of time , continued moving antenna,  I heard a  weak
> garbled W0 stn, so I began calling on 144.200, and I had several partial
> calls, then @ 2158Z I worked N9GH in WI in EN54, then more partial calls,
> then at 2216Z I worked W0KRX EN34 in MN, both stns were on 144.200 SSB.
>
> Checking ON4KST logger I saw several other posts in the same timeframe. I
> posted both stns I worked on ON4KST logger. I am continuing to learn more
> about the kind of prop I was dealing with. Kept checking the DX MAPS 4.2
> page for listed  paths of 144 mhz contacts that were posted, so I had a
> better idea as to where to point antenna.
>
> In working on 144 mhz ground wave K5YT EM22 TX  today, he tells me ,
> YESTERDAY he worked two DN17 Idaho stns on 144 mhz e skip. I had NO clue
> anything was going on yesterday, so I missed out on another chance.
>
> Sam K5SW EM25hr Oklahoma
>
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