[RSM] Excellent 6 Meter Opening

[Jack]

Here is a portion of an e-mail to the WSJT group from SV1NZX:

> After a good opening to NA yesterday, i have some observations to make 
> and possibly a suggestion.
> For reference, my station consists of a 5el YU7EF beam 4m off the roof 
> and 150m a.s.l with clear horizon from 120 to 350 degrees(qrz.com 
> <http://qrz.com> page shows ant) and 100w barefoot off a FT-897d.
>
> I made my first FT8 QSO into NA - NG4C and had several others calling 
> me from W1 down to W5. Also was decoded from VO1 up until W5 (EL29) 
> and W8 (EN72). With my shack specs, decodes on FT8 were coming down to 
> -13 (NG4C made that particularly easy) but most were on the limit of 
> decoding on FT8. Add to that, that sometimes WSJT-X was skipping 
> periods of FT8 decode for no reason, losing out of some NA QSOs. 
> Conditions, however, were rock-stable, despite being low on signals. I 
> chose to switch to JT65 and worked K7BV at -23 throughout the QSO, as 
> well as hearing N4HB in QSO @ -20 for 4 periods (who i couldn't work 
> on FT8 despite decoding him 3 times @ -14, -15, -19)

Perhaps it is time to move to the Maritimes/far northeast US to take 
advantage of openings like this we rarely see. From there EU is only a 
double-hop Es opening away. :>)

73,

Jack, VE4SNA/W6NF