14MHz Open all night now

For a couple of weeks, the 20m band has been showing signs of remaining open all night, as the ionosphere locally remains sunlit for the full 24 hours.

Last night, the 5W WSPR signals from VK3MO and VK3QN (both operated by VK3MO), also came through all night long.  Again, the low angle-optimised 12-element array of VK3QN pointing long path was outperforming the 20-element VK3MO.

My 14MHz WSPR reception of VK3MO/QN 2020 May 19-20

With so much higher band and even VHF Es now underway, WSPR on the lower bands often seems like a wasted opportunity.  Even so, on the 18th of May I managed number 8 globally in the 14MHz RX challenge, slipping to number 12 yesterday - both times using the SDRPlay RSP1a receiver.

Weatherwise, we are nice and warm today, but with a 90km/h wind forecast for Friday.  It never really stops being windy on Anglesey...