[50mhz] 6 meters this summer

[Danny Pease]

I don't even know for sure how many summers I have been on 6 meters. I was
licensed in 1981 and I can't remember without looking at the log whether I
made a 6 meter QSO that first year or not (probably not) but I am pretty
sure I have made 6 meter QSO's in at least 20 of the last 30 years.
There have been fewer openings here in EN40 this year than the last couple
of years, that's for sure. There have been several openings, but a lot are
very weak and short-lived and only a few multi-hop. I am still waiting for
the one good opening to HI, either multi-hop E or F2 Wishful thinking). I
have not heard anything out of Europe yet this season here, but my station
doesn't do nearly as well as most others.
They season is  not over by a ways yet, there is still hope.

NG9R


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From: 50mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:50mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 9:15 AM
To: 50mhz; 6meter at yahoogroups.com; 'VHF REFLECTOR'
Subject: [50mhz] 6 meters this summer

This is my 20 summer on 6m.  I got started in 1992 with a Kenwood TS600, a
tube amp, and a dipole.  So far this summer propagation from Oklahoma has
been the worst I have ever seen, and that includes the other locations I
have also operated from.  We have had a couple of good openings, but that is
it. At this point in the summer we should be getting openings almost every
day.  Instead, we are getting 1 or 2 short openings a week, at best.

Have any others who have been on 6m a long time seen conditions this bad?
What are others in different parts of the country experiencing?

73s John AA5JG
Grid EM04 Lawton, OK
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