During that period I worked stations in Florida, Louisiana and Texas.  I 
just have my KT34XA triband beam, which acts like a dipole on 6 meters, and 
is probably not as efficient as a dipole would be.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Duke, K5XU
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 8:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: More about the Short Skip Opening Yesterday

What made this 15 meter opening so unusual is that I heard
stations as close in as Birmingham consistently for at least
5 hours between about 3:00 and 8:00 PM. There was QSB, of
course, but signals would be as high as 20 over.

The last time I saw anything near that was on Memorial Day
in 2004 when I talked with a station in Shreveport on 29
MHZ. That short distance opening didn't last but a half hour
or so, which is usually how they work.

As expected, 6 meters was pretty hot during the same time.

I didn't hear them, but a small portion of east Texas
experienced what will most likely be determined to be triple
hop E skip into Japan on 6 meters. The Texas stations were
somewhere between Dallas and the Louisiana line. Stations in
Houston and along the gulf could not hear the JA stations,
and I have not heard from anyone outside that small area of
Texas who heard them.

Who says the magic is gone?



Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs