It's May and sporadic E season has arrived. Single hop and DX openings on 6 meters are becoming more frequent. I have resumed daily monitoring 6 meters. It is my habit to monitor 50.313 MHz with the yagi pointing in a likely (or hopeful) direction when I am elsewhere or not using the station on HF. Computer cycles are free and, who knows, surprises happen.
Apart from my own benefit from this practice, I am also helping others. There are many 6 meter enthusiasts around the world that periodically CQ when conditions are promising, and even when not, to see what they can turn up. Most often nothing is heard. But there's more to it than that.
Revisiting discovery