The Hepburn tropo forecast was spot-on today and CU8DUB HM49kl appeared on 144420 at 13:00 about 529.
I checked for the new CU2VHF beacon in HM77dt that I hadn't heard before and sure enough, there it was quickly rising to 599 by 13:20 UTC, some 6-10dB louder than CU8DUB.
I made some calls and was heard by CU3EQ HM68kp but no QSO resulting before he had to leave for QRL.
The beacon was unstable for a while before reaching 599+10dB at 15:30 when I made this recording:
CU2JX HM77er was QRV about 15:50 just as conditions dropped, we heard each other but didn't complete a QSO and the beacon was gone at 16:00.
Let's hope the beacon will be heard a lot more this summer given that it has a sea path right up the channel to PA/ON.