Rare, Brief 6 Meter F2 Opening Makes for Plentiful DX

Six meter operators were treated November 9 to an F2 opening from approximately 1500 until 1630 UTC.

“These have been very rare in solar cycle 24,” said QST “The World Above 50 MHz” Editor Jon Jones, NØJK. He described the opening as “mostly single-hop F2” from the East Coast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, and to the West Coast to Central America, Northern South America and Caribbean.

Jones said the geoma…

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