[WARC] Anyone hear skip or DX on 2m last night?

[Todd Sprinkmann]

    Hello, 

    2 meter SSB got *VERY* interesting last night.   It opened up to 
parts of New England and the Mid-Atlantic via sporadic E skip (the 
same propagation mode that is common with 6m openings in the 
summertime). 

     Now there's maybe 1-4 sporadic E openings on 144 per summer. 
They're at least 20-30 times rarer than 6m openings, so when you're 
at the rig and you hear a neighbor calling a Connecticut station on 
144.200 MHz, it really gets the heart racing. 

     A lot of 2 meter E skip openings are weak and short-lived.  This 
one was better than average.   Lots of guys in various states worked 
5, 10, 20-30 contacts in different states, between about 5pm and 7pm. 

    There very well may have been E skip on the 146-147 MHz range, 
too.  In fact, there undoubtedly was -- I was just too preoccupied with 
144.200 SSB. 

     Anyone care to share some stories from last night?   Did you fellows 
hear skip on the simplex channels, or any repeaters skip in?   I'd enjoy 
hearing about it, and I bet the guys on the list would too. 

     For my part, I worked 4 stations in Virginia between 6:08-6:18pm. 
On 144.180 MHz.   I know others in WI and MN got in on it, too.  Just not 
sure if the hams on the FM side heard anything unusual. 

     73, 
     Todd  KC9BQA  EN63ao   40 N of Milwaukee 
     50 thru 2304 
     http://www.kc9bqa.com   For Frequent VHF/UHF Updates