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A group of sunspots as seen by the
SOHO satellite on Nov. 9, 2013
(NASA photo) |
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Six-meter operators look forward
to the peak of a sunspot cycle for occasional F2-layer band openings that
permit intercontinental DX on "the Magic Band." The current Cycle 24,
however, has been too weak to feature any of these openings
-- until November 9. The
ARRL Letter
reports that the 90-minute opening provided 6-meter ops across the U.S. the
opportunity to work into the Caribbean and Central and South America. It's not
the transatlantic or transpacific DX which occurred during the last sunspot
peak in 2000-2001, but it's the best that the current cycle has offered so far.
