[50mhz] [VHF] Worst June ever?

Lance Collister, W7GJ w7gj at q.com
Tue Jun 9 23:14:31 EDT 2009


Nice to see the band open in all directions with big signals tonight.  Very surprised 
to see such short skip to WY and western SD from here!  The half dozen double hop 
stations in Florida were a good sign ;-)  Hope for some 3 hop Carib activity soon! 
GL and VY 73, Lance


William M. Pasternak wrote:
> Nothing at my QTH in DM-04, but antenna is only an AEA loop about 10' off 
> the ground on my patio -- stealth to an FT-847 through 80' of RG-58U.  Not 
> the best -- but I have worked Hawaii and Florida with it.
> 
> 
> At 07:16 AM 6/9/2009 -0700, John Geiger wrote:
>> What kind of 6m conditions are others having this June so far?  For 
>> Oklahoma, this has to probably be the worst June I have seen.  Instead of 
>> having openings every day or every other day like normal this time of 
>> year, we have had 2 decent openings and each of those were pretty limited 
>> geographywise.  Let's hope things pick up for the contest!
>>
>> 73s John AA5JG
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Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8)
P.O. Box 73
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