VK8AW, Gary.
Our 1st opening on the 22nd June 2013 was a big surprise (here you can read the 1st article on Sixitalia).
Unlike the previous mid-May opening, this one was completely
different! No 49 MHz TV was heard from China/Russia, and only a weak
48.250.250 MHZ from Dubai was noted. The opening exhibited Sparodic E
type properties, good clean signals with no distortion or shifting in
frequency. There was fading, but it was slow and predicable. Most
stations were between S1 - S5:
22/06/13 1104Z 6 MTRS CW UK8FF UZBEKISTAN22/06/13 1108Z 6 MTRS CW UR5QU UKRAINE
22/06/13 1113Z 6 MTRS CW UR5MID UKRAINE
22/06/13 1118Z 6 MTRS CW LZ2WO BULGARIA
22/06/13 1120Z 6 MTRS CW US4EX UKRAINE
22/06/13 1122Z 6 MTRS CW UT9FJ UKRAINE
22/06/13 1124Z 6 MTRS CW UX0UN UKRAINE
22/06/13 1125Z 6 MTRS CW LZ1QI BULGARIA
22/06/13 1127Z 6 MTRS CW UT7QF UKRAINE
22/06/13 1130Z 6 MTRS CW YO3DDZ ROMANIA
22/06/13 1131Z 6 MTRS CW UT4EEH UKRAINE
22/06/13 1132Z 6 MTRS CW YO3JR ROMANIA
On the 24th June 2013, our 2nd opening occurred. Again, this opening exhibited the same properties - Sparodic E, no distortion of signals and slow fading. Also, no 49 MHz TV was heard from china/Russia. There was a weak 48.239 MHZ from Iran prior to the opening. Most stations were S2 – S7:
24/06/13 1107Z 6 MTRS CW LZ1QI BULGARIA
24/06/13 1130z 6 MTRS CW SV2DCD GREECE
24/06/13 1131Z 6 MTRS CW I4EAT ITALY
24/06/13 1134Z 6 MTRS CW LZ1UQ BULGARIA
24/06/13 1140Z 6 MTRS CW SV8CS GREECE
24/06/13 1142Z 6 MTRS CW IK4WMA ITALY
24/06/13 1145Z 6 MTRS CW S57BVM SLOVENIA
24/06/13 1146Z 6 MTRS CW I7CSB MIKE ITALY
24/06/13 1150Z 6 MTRS CW HA5CW HUNGARY
24/06/13 1151Z 6 MTRS CW IZ8MWG ITALY
24/06/13 1152Z 6 MTRS CW HA5FW HUNGARY
24/06/13 1153Z 6 MTRS CW IW0FFK ITALY
24/06/13 1154Z 6 MTRS CW SV8RX GREECE
24/06/13 1155Z 6 MTRS CW I4MKN ITALY
24/06/13 1156Z 6 MTRS CW IK0FTA ITALY
24/06/13 1157Z 6 MTRS CW IW0GBU ITALY
24/06/13 1206Z 6 MTRS CW IK4GME ITALY
24/06/13 1209Z 6 MTRS CW I0EKY ITALY
24/06/13 1210Z 6 MTRS CW IK0MS ITALY
24/06/13 1215Z 6 MTRS CW IZ0DZM ITALY
24/06/13 1224Z 6 MTRS CW IZ7SE ITALY
24/06/13 1235Z 6 MTRS CW I6WJB ITALY
24/06/13 1240Z 6 MTRS CW IZ7FLS ITALY
24/06/13 1244Z 6 MTRS CW SV2CXW GREECE
24/06/13 1250Z 6 MTRS CW I2WDX ITALY
Tonight the 25th June 2013, our 3rd opening occurred. This opening exhibited the same Sparodic E conditions, but this time Iran on 48.239600 MHZ and 48.252 MHZ, was very loud (S9 plus) during the opening.
25/06/13 1111Z 6 MTRS CW UT5URW UKRAINE
This was the only contact logged prior to the 48 MHZ indicators disappearing L
I hope these contacts highlight that 50MHz experiences many different modes of propagation at various times of the year/solar cycle, and you never truly know how far your signal will go!
Gary - VK8AW / VK4ABW
INFO: http://www.sixitalia.org/jv10/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=en
