Pat Dyer
    5315 Silvertip Drive
   San Antonio, TX 78228
 Deadline: 10th of month

 JULY 1977

 Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT

 2-20: 0340, N327K   127.95  off NY(Ford Motor Co.;Grumman Gulfstream
                             2;  2-engine jet; 30 watts)
   21: 1412, N8855E  128.7   (Eastern 947; Boeing 727; 25 watts)
       1417, N8114N  128.7   (Eastern 34; 727; 25 w)
       1541, N4570   128.1   (National 426; 25 w)
       1603, N321EA  134.0   (Eastern 886;Lockheed L-1011; 25 w)
       1629, N8170G  134.0   (Eastern 15; 727; 25 w)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Now, my loggings. Allied A-2586, Hallicrafters SX-62, Hammarlund SP-600-
 JX-10; two 30' long-wires at 12' (nw-se,ne-sw runs); 50-MHz with Swan
 250, Ameco nuvistor preamp, 3-el Cushcraft horizontal Yagi at 18';
 VOR's (5-20) SX-62 with International Crystal SAX-1 reamp, later Heath
 GR-98, 6-el Archer FM antenna at 20 feet; GMT used; Es unless noted;
 new underlined

 5-12: 0728, KIM 905  35.22  Charlotte, NC (tone pager)
       2355, OK City  35.58  OK City, OK (voice pager)
   20: 2217, "RSV"   108.4   Robinson, IL (VOR, code)
       2232, "OWB"   108.6   Owensboro, KY (VOR, code/voice)
       2235, "BIB"   109.0   Bible Grove, IL (VOR, code/voice)
       2245, "ICMI"  109.1   Champaign, IL (ILS, code)
   22: 2155,   -      30.30 (F2)
   25: 1927, KOE 257  35.22  Phoenix, AZ (tone pager)
       2000, San Die  35.46  San Diego, CA (mobile phone)
   26: 2025,    -     30.30 (F2)
       2218, KQC 887  35.58  Cincinnati, OH (tone pager)
   28: 2310,    -     30.30 (F2)
  6-4: 0310, KH6IJ    50.1-  Honolulu, HI (amateur, ssb/cw) (3Es)
       0420, KH6IAA   50.1-  Hilo, HI (amateur, ssb) (3Es)
   10: 2232, "OZN"   109.8   St. George, UT (VOR, code)
       2238, "CDC"   108.6   Cedar City, UT (VOR, code)
   11: 2358, "CDC"
   12: 0009, "OZN"
       0022, "IGM"   108.8   Kingman, AZ (VOR, code/voice)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Other more dramatic VHF events occurred in June. On June 4, 5, and 11
 several Japan to California contacts were made on 50-MHz via Es. This
 is an unprecedented event that requires some 4 to 5 Es hops!

 Hawaii 6-m signals were heard as far east as New Brunswick. Several
 east coast US stations managed to make contacts with the KH6's.

 The French beacon (see May column) was activated on May 26. The delay
 was due to antenna installation problems. The system of stacked 5-el
 beams is not functioning at maximum efficiency. Some traces of the
 signal have been reported heard in New Brunswick.

 As mentioned before, much more detailed coverage of these 50-MHz events
 is likely to be found in the upcoming issues of QST. (I just do not have
 the space to handle all the second-hand info that comes my way.)

 June 11-12 had several reports of 144-MHz (2-m) Es openings from Texas
 into California, Arizona, and Nevada as well as other points. This was
 during an ARRL contest so lots of stations were active to catch it.

 With the rising solar flux a lot of the 6-m events have unfortunately
 been linked by some to F2 layer activity. It is the wrong season for
 F2 to peak under any solar level.
                                  73,         WA5IYX