Bill!
Think what you experianced was Aurora E with multihop something...
It is quite common ove here in Scandinavia that we get Aurora, if it is a
strong Aurora workable all the way down on 10m we can work pretty much all
of Scandinavia, Murmansk, Scotland etc but when the aurora fades out we can
get lucky to get what is called Aurora-E.
I am not sure exactly how it works but it seems the waves bounce on the
Aurora as a reflector and gets a very low angle over the north pole and with
a little help from a E or a F-layer on the other side we get to work Alaska,
Washington, californa and around that neighbourhood.
What is interesting with 10m is that 12 and 15 can be completely dead but
10m is open, now how is that? Same with 6m.
I think a good beacon to know if there is propagition on 10m is to listen on
11m. 27.555 USB - there is almost always activity and by the prefixes you
will know where the call is from.
73 de Magnus SM6WET, 8S6T, ZK1WET
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] What to expect from 10 meters???
> At 12:27 PM 12/7/2005, Wendell Wyly - W5FL wrote:
>
>>Year before last, there was a very long and very strong opening late at
>>night (long after the band had closed) that allowed me to work hundreds of
>>stations during the 10 meter contest.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I'm sure all us OTs have similar stories to tell about ten meters. My
> most memorable contact was from my QTH on the USA west coast to
> Finland with the path in total darkness all the way. Logically, ten
> shouldn't have been open at all, but there he was. I suspect the
> propagation mode was multi hop sporadic E, but I can't say for sure.
> Sporadic E would have required about four hops. F2 would have needed
> at least two hops but more likely three provided the night time
> ionization was high enough. I doubt it was however.
>
> Moral of the story: Be prepared for anything, anytime.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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