The NLC I saw at midnight was the brightest I ever saw till now. I even imagined I saw kind of waves in the air. This can be also seen in PA0K Paul's photo.
This has to cause good propagation to Japan on 6m. And it did, though I almost missed it due to other chores. I logged 2 Japanese stations JI4UEN and JH6VXP although it was hard and I didn't get the 73 in the end because it was so busy everyone was calling over each other. Besides that I needed to be in the same timeslot as my neighbour PA0O who was working QRO and handling a massive Japanese pile-up. So, for the QSO purists the QSO might be not valid but I log first and worry later. There will always be a new chance. I also spotted South-Korea and China, although PSK reporter does not always show every spot I noticed.
This will alo be the last QSO's with PC7B's IC-7300. I will return the radio this afternoon. The radio brought me lots of pleasure and I want to thank him for borrowing me his excellent radio. I shure will miss it....
This has to cause good propagation to Japan on 6m. And it did, though I almost missed it due to other chores. I logged 2 Japanese stations JI4UEN and JH6VXP although it was hard and I didn't get the 73 in the end because it was so busy everyone was calling over each other. Besides that I needed to be in the same timeslot as my neighbour PA0O who was working QRO and handling a massive Japanese pile-up. So, for the QSO purists the QSO might be not valid but I log first and worry later. There will always be a new chance. I also spotted South-Korea and China, although PSK reporter does not always show every spot I noticed.
This will alo be the last QSO's with PC7B's IC-7300. I will return the radio this afternoon. The radio brought me lots of pleasure and I want to thank him for borrowing me his excellent radio. I shure will miss it....