I'm such a newbie in regard to anything having to do with the 6m band that I was thrilled two months ago when I was able to work Ecuador on that band.
Two days ago, I decided to have a look at the "50 MHz" tab on the DXMaps website and saw dozens of contacts being made between EU and Africa during their local afternoon hours. So I decided to set up the station here to monitor what I hoped would be an approaching TEP opening for this side of the Atlantic.
The ions did not disappoint and the same opening repeated itself the next day.
I was able to make many contacts with SA stations, the highlight being VP8LP. At one point VP8LP announced that he was going to FT4. I followed but decoded nothing. Evidently business was lacking there for him as well as he returned to FT8 after a few minutes.
I did give a listen on CW but...nada. All contacts were FT8.
Rig: Apache Labs 10E, Neptune 100w amp, 5m whip (1/4-wave vertical for 20m) with two radials. The autotuner matched the antenna with no problem on 50 MHz.
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