DX Central’s From The Static Podcast | Episode 31 | May 2026 Sporadic Es Recap

NOTE:  This podcast was recorded on June 5, 2026, before the ionosphere absolutely exploded with activity between June 8 and June 10.  For more information on that recent activity, be sure to pick up the July 2026 edition of The Spectrum Monitor magazine at The Spectrum Monitor.

The 2026 Sporadic Es season is off to a roaring start, but things took a while to get going in May, despite some considerable activity over a three day period in the third week of the month.

For Episode 31 of the From the Static podcast, we dive into the data from May 2026 for North American FM Sporadic Es. How did it stack up with previous years and can we gleam anything from the data to look ahead at the rest of 2026?