i've been checking from time to time, and haven't heard any spiratic E 
conditions here yet.
I did check 10M last night, actually about the same time as yourself, and 
didn't hear any beacons or CW or voice traffic at all...another check on 6M 
about the same time yielded the same results.
In our region, we are still a bit early in the season to get spiratic E 
because we just don't have the weather that lends itself to that kind of 
propigation quite yet.
Usually middle of May, to the end of May we begin to get it.
I've got an antenna that tunes and seems to hear ok on 6 now, so I'll be 
able to monitor that band more than before.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 8:35 AM
Subject: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!


> The Summer Sporadic E season has definitely started. I
> hadn't actually gotten to do much listening the past few days,
> but I did do a bit of tuning around on April 30 around 20:00
> local time in North Central Oklahoma and there was a mixture of
> Sporadic E and F2 on ten meters. I have a receiver that will
> tune up to 60 MHZ so I have 55.24, 55.25 and 55.26 MHZ which are
> the video carrier frequencies for TV Channel 2. Since the United
> States and Canada have turned off all analog TV, the only thing
> left to listen for is TV from Mexico and the rest of Latin
> America. There are a few US Channel 2's left, but they are all
> digital and you will hear hiss plus a pilot carrier at 54.310
> MHZ if any of the US Channel 2's come in. When Latin American TV
> Channel 2's come in, you will hear multiple carriers fading in
> and out on 55.24-26 which, of course, won't tell you where they
> are so you need a receiver that will tune 59.75 in wide-band FM
> or, of course, an analog television connected to an outside
> antenna.
>
> Sometimes, sighted people can capture video from the
> screen if the station identifies itself at the right time, but
> normally, you need to listen carefully and the more Spanish you
> know, the better as signals from many locales fade back and
> forth giving you only a few seconds to try to hear one station
> before another covers it up.
>
> My Spanish is rather poor, but I can usually hear ID's
> and many of those signals are from Northern Mexico but
> occasionally , there will be a real catch from Cuba or South
> America so keep listening.
>
> When the carriers get very strong, start tuning the low
> end of six meters for beacons and the calling frequency on
> 50.125 and you may hear DX. I've been doing this sort of thing
> since the late sixties and I miss the state-side Sporadic E but
> the fact that 54 to 88 MHZ is almost devoid of US and Canadian
> analog TV makes those frequencies great for those times when the
> Sporadic E occurs.
>
> As for April 30, I was hearing Spanish on TV Channels 2
> through 4 with some signals reaching full quieting for a few
> seconds.
>
> When things really get hopping later this Summer, we may
> hear Spanish all the way in to the low end of the FM Broadcast
> band and when it gets especially good, you will hear FM
> broadcast stations from Mexico, Canada and parts of the United
> States 4 or 5-hundred miles from where you live and you'll know
> that ten, six and maybe even two meters are hot.
>
> It also dies out quickly so enjoy it when you can.
>
> Martin WB5AGZ