[50mhz] DX

[Rsoifer at aol.com]

This was my 3rd summer chasing DX on 6, after 30 years of DXing  on 2 
meters from NNJ.  In 2008 and 2009 we spent the summers  near Fredericksburg, TX 
(EM00) but this year we were back at our home in  southern Arizona (DM41).  
>From AZ, I worked 44 states and 6 countries,  bringing my 6 meter DXCC total 
to a rousing 10.  The best DX was CU2JT, who  counts for Europe but is in 
the Azores.  We were too far west to get  in on the big EU openings.
 
I also run 500 watts on 160, to a quarter-wavelength inverted-L.  K9IL  and 
I have nearly the same DXCC totals there; ZL8X made 130 for me.
 
Good luck to all, on both bands.
 
73 Ray W2RS.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/23/2010 7:13:21 P.M. GMT Standard Time,  
greenacres113 at charter.net writes:


I've  only chased on 6m for 4 summers. When I left IL for NW TN the guys 
here  said we are in a great 6m spot. I wasn't sure they were right when 
I saw  all the East Coast spots & I heard nothing. But I've learned we 
are in  a good spot. We often hear the Carrib when no one else is. I'm 
amazed what  I do work.It's not like HF where you wait for the band to 
come to you. On  6m most of the time that doesn't happen. I started 
chasing DX on 160m  about the time I started on 6m. I run 500w on 160m & 
I'm up to 126. I  run only 100w on 6m.I  got into the two great Sunday 
openings on 6m  last summer & worked #71.  I'm still amazed. I am 
looking at the  KPA500 when it comes out to go with my K3. Maybe the 
extra S unit or two  will help.
The most amazing thing I've heard on 6m from EM56 is the  Japanese I 
often hear   in the summer. There will no other stn.s  on 6m & there's a 
few JAs. Weak but workable. I can only dream of the  sound of 6m if the 
Fs appear.
I operate 95% CW on both bands which  helps I'm sure. My 6m antenna is a 
homebrew  5 element on a 12' boom  @ 54'. A clone of the Cushcraft.
I don' have decades under my belt on 6m  but I do see the enhancement 
just at the approach of summer storms. I end  up with one eye on the 
cluster & the other on the local radar. Gud  DX
K9IL
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