Sporadic E season 2023 has started...

The 2023 Es season started here on 50MHz on 24 April, and on 70MHz on 27 April. This seemed a bit late this year, for 6m at least.

50MHz contacts at GM4FVM 24 to 27 April 2023.

Working South Africa again was good fun. Others did the same - GM3PPE worked 5 South African stations in an afternoon. There was an aurora the day before so that may have helped energise the ionosphere. 

So those contacts with South Africa were not Sporadic E, but maybe Es connected me to something - the fact that it coincided with the start of the Es season might suggest that. But that looked less likely when it happened before in February.

Anyway,

38 QSOs in 32 squares, with 21 DXCC worked in what was really just 2 days. ODX 9514km (30km short of a new record). A new DXCC! GJ - how had I missed that one. Several of new squares. My 2023 DXCC total went from 6 to 26 in 4 days (it took all of last year to reach 40).

My 6m all-time DXCC count now stands at 87. How far can I get that to with conditions like these?

Today, zero.

So far ....

73 Jim GM4FVM