[50mhz] Re: 6m station these days ?

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:40:40 -0600

Congratulations, Bill!!!!

I am so glad you got your feet wet with some REAL LONG PATH DX on 6m EME!!!  And 
congratulations to Kjell, who only needs two more states for 6m WAS!!! Kjell was 
also my first 6m EME contact, and has been patiently introducing serious 6m DXers to 
EME for many years now.  His dedication and willingness to help newcomers is 
legendary ;-)  Kjell, I am still looking for a station in Nevada for you to run with :-)

Bill, Kjell has the largest 6m station in the world, and probably is the only 
station you can work on CW with your small antenna, even with your very outstanding 
ground gain.  HOWEVER, once you get going on JT65A mode, you will find that you will 
be able to work many more stations.  Good luck to you and welcome to the rapidly 
growing club of 6m EME'ers!  VY 73, Lance

Bill Hohnstein K�HA wrote:
> We did it!
> I had a cw QSO with SM7BAE via 6M EME last night!
> We had skeds on the two prior days.  On the first try Kjell could copy
> me, but I could just tell that he was transmitting without being able
> to copy him.  The second try was washed out by the geomagnetic/
> auroral activity.  The third time was the charm!  Last night we made
> it just after 0030z.  He peaked a couple of dB above the noise level
> and was "easy copy" then.
> 
> 73,  Bill     K�HA
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lance Collister, W7GJ (DN27ub)" <[email protected]>
> To: "Bill Hohnstein K�HA" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 1:21 PM
> Subject: Re: 6m station these days ?
> 
> 
> 
>>Sounds like you have QUITE an antenna farm!  Best wishes for continue success with
>>everything!  PSE let me know if you ever hear of any other Nebraska station who is
>>running some power on 6m.  For all I know, Kjell might even be willing to try a CW
>>sked with you, if you are game.  There is an automatic 10 dB + penalty moving down
>>to CW though.  VY 73, Lance
>>
> 
> 

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