{"id":4899,"date":"2026-06-08T08:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:55:08","slug":"short-skip-on-20m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m0aws.co.uk\/?p=4899","title":{"rendered":"Short skip on 20m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday morning I ventured up onto the 20m band and to my surprise, found that the band was open to inter-G, unusually short skip for the 20m band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wanting to take advantage of the conditions I kicked off with a QSO with David, MI0AIH<\/a> in Cookstown Northern Ireland. With 59+ signals both ways, it was like being on 40\/60\/80m with a crystal clear path between us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next was GB0BBF<\/a> operating POTA GB-0619, again 59 both ways and a really easy contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My third contact was with Aled, MW0UPH<\/a> who was parked up in his car on a hill in North Wales. The path between us was incredibly good. With 59 signals both ways and an FM like arm chair copy, we chatted for a few minutes making the most of the short skip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aled very kindly made a quick video of our conversation and sent a copy over to me to watch. It’s always nice to hear what you sound like on the other end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M0AWS as heard by MW0UPH on the 20m Band<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately I didn’t think to make a video of the conversation at my end but, it was exactly the same, crystal clear arm chair copy, just like a 2m FM contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was great fun working UK stations on a band that I would normally only ever hear EU and DX stations. It was interesting to note that Inter-G on 40m was really poor at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Aled for the video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More soon …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning I ventured up onto the 20m band and to my surprise, found that the band was open to inter-G, unusually short skip for the 20m band. Wanting to take advantage of the conditions I kicked off with a QSO with David, MI0AIH in Cookstown Northern Ireland. With 59+ signals both ways, it was … <\/p>\n

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