[50mhz] Bad contest conditions on 6m

[Howard Bingham]

At 06:16 PM 6/11/2007, cboone at earthlink.net wrote:
>No no no John....
>
>The answer was (or is):
>
>They were SO bad, I couldnt even hear myself OR the local TV2 down the road!!!
>
>(whew now thats bad!)
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My QTH is about 5 miles from a very powerful Ch 2 
station..  www.click2Houston.com

So bad that FM 6m repeaters on the opposite side of my location in 
Houston, Tx. EL29 are difficult at best to reach, but at some times 
between midnight & 5 a.m., conditions are not too bad..

Last year's ARRL Field Day, some clubs in Houston could barely make 
SSB contacts within a 50 mile radius..

Never mind an operator in Colorado that was sending CQ's in an 
endless format that barely allowed answering..

Who knows, maybe this year will be better, one Houston club I belong 
to is dedicating 1 radio to 6 meters (all modes)..

Howard Bingham
KE5APJ  -  EL29gq

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>-----Original Message-----
> >From: John Geiger <aa5jg at lcisp.com>
> >Sent: Jun 11, 2007 9:54 AM
> >To: VHFcontesting at contesting.com, vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu, 
> 50mhz at mailman.qth.net, 6meter at yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [50mhz] Bad contest conditions on 6m
> >
> >Contest conditions on 6m were so bad....
> >(Everyone in unison) How bad were they?
> >Contest conditions on 6m were so bad that I never heard Bob K2DRH 
> once the entire weekend
> >
> >73s John AA5JG/R
> >
> >
> >John Geiger AA5JG (ex: W5TD, NE0P, N0EEN, KA0IFG)
> >Confirmed 6M addict:6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260
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