Solar X-rays greatly influence ionospheric propagation characteristics. April 27 saw much more DX activity on 6m than usual, which correlates to solar X-ray activity near Earth, as seen at SpaceWeatherLive
During these high flux rates, operators saw larger-than-normal ranges for their transmissions.
Video shows enhanced propagation in several areas during local afernoon and early evening, specifically:
Note1: the arcs on the video only indicate the fields of the sender and receiver, not the great cirlce path.
Note2: the local times shown above ignore daylight savings time, if observed.
Spot count plots and average distance plots for 2023.04.27:
