25 MHz WWV stronger than 20 MHz WWV

[KB4MSZ]

Never seen this before. I am using a 1/2 wave 40 meter dipole broadside to east-west and here is what I am receiving between the two WWV broadcasts. I find it strange that 25 MHz is stronger than 20 MHz. Is this some sort of odd MUF occurrence?

 

[w2xq]

Maybe Sporadic E.

 

[ka3jjz]

Possibly, or the result of 2 M class flares that went off earlier this morning, bumping the MUF a bit for a little while. Check SpaceWeather for more...Mike

 

[jwt873]

Ten meters has been wide open from sun-up to sun-down for the last three days. It could be some seasonal thing, but it's not sproadic E.

The CQ WorldWide CW contest CQ World Wide DX Contest - Home was on this weekend. The CW portion of 10 was jammed with signals from all over North and South America. Propagation favored North and South America yesterday and the day before. Today Europe and Africa were also coming in.

I used a program called WSJT-X to monitor FT8 signals on 28.075 Mhz for a couple of hours this afternoon. The program decodes call signs it hears over the air, and then uploads the data via the internet to a service called PSK Reporter. PSK Reporter puts them on a map so you can see how your propagation is doing. Display Reception Reports

The image below shows the stations heard by me just this afternoon. Things are definitely looking up