Two Meter Opening

 Openings on the 2m band are rare enough that when they happen, there are celebratory noises. Yesterday, the band was hot and now, today it's even hotter.  Here's a look at conditions today, based on APRS data:

That sea of red represents where signal paths are for the shorter bands, like 2m. And here's the list. These are made with FT8, 50w at 25 feet with a GP9 antenna, providing on the order of 400wERP:

And here's the activity for the previous three hours. Each dot and line represents a contact within the past three hours from when this is written.