If anyone has any screen captures from any of these during last night's east coast Es opening I would like to have a copy. I am trying to drum up more local interest in V/UHF weak signal operating and want to write up a report on this opening. I am also working on a weak signal presentation.

DX Maps Es MUF during the peak (showing numbers higher than 144)

DX Maps (or other) 144 QSO maps, especially showing ME > FL paths

Perhaps other things related to the opening (what ya got?)

I walked into the shack about 2120z to see that the band was or had just been open from the northeast to the midwest. Waiting for the amp to warm up I heard KE4TWI who I could not quite work barefoot. He faded before the amp was ready. I don't know how much I may have missed.

When the amp was ready I began putting out a few CQs. I was called by KD4ESV in EL87 - a distance of 1436 miles. Samuel had been telling me we would work sooner rather than later but to be honest I didn't believe it. I have never seen tropo that would support that from here and Es at 144 MHz is very finicky stuff, especially up here in the north. The band was in/out to northern Florida for more than an hour. I worked KD4ESV EL87, WA4GPM EM90, N4TUT EL98, N4TWX EL89.

I was too busy going crazy with the opening to save the best screen captures! DX insanity takes over, you know. I did manage to save a few audio clips thanks to Loop Recorder. I'll be going through those after antenna work today.

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Paul
N1BUG 160m-2m DXCC Honor Roll
WI2XTC 2200m-630m Experimental license
FN55mf ME Piscataquis County
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