[ADXA] 6M - Last comments.....Promise

[ejj at suddenlink.net]

Great memories for you Pat.  Anybody on this group do any medium wave or 630 meter operating?

6 meters not good today here.  Yesterday morning was nice opening.  Worked as far east as  Ukraine.

Probably have a couple of more weeks before it fizzles out.  

EJ K5EJ


---- Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote: 
> Thanks Pat.  If anyone is interested in these antennas, here is a 
> snapshot.  HF DF.  They are still in operation in Germany.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wullenweber
> 
> 
> Steve, QQ
> 
> On 7/11/2020 7:41 PM, patw5vy at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > One last post about 6M.  Yesterday I worked Martin, GM8IEM, in 
> > Clashmore, Lochinver, in extreme NW Scotland on 6M FT8.  I was 
> > stationed at RAF Edzell in the lowlands of Scotland during my Navy 
> > enlistment in the late ‘60s.  The runways at RAF Edzell were closed 
> > and a big Circular Disposed Antenna Array was built.  The base was 
> > about 10 miles inland from the North Sea.  This was during Vietnam and 
> > at the height of the “Cold War” so you can guess who we were listening 
> > to.  Google “AN/FRD-10".  I worked shifts and had a couple of days off 
> > between shift cycles.  I had a right hand drive VW Bug and used my 
> > days off to explore Scotland.  I drove pretty far up the NW coast to 
> > the town of Ullapool. The west coast of Scotland is a bit like our 
> > Pacific Northwest coast…raw and beautiful.   Martin, GM8IEM, lives 
> > about 45 miles north of Ullapool.  I sent him an email telling of my 
> > visit to Ullapool and the Isle of Skye. He answered my email and it 
> > turns out Martin was a Chartered Engineer,  (our Prof Engineer) doing 
> > RF Design  for Plessy/Siemens in the south of England and took early 
> > retirement in 1999.  He is an avid Medium Wave DXer….AM Broadcast 
> > band.  He chose his location in Scotland to be an optimum, low noise, 
> > location to do world wide AM band DXing.  He has beverages for the BC 
> > band in several directions.  He is the first operator in the UK to 
> > hear AM Broadcast stations in New Zealand since the 1930s.  He has 
> > heard stations in Hawaii, West Coast of USA…all around the world.  
> > Martin took a grand bus tour of the US back in the late 60s…got as 
> > close as Kansas City to AR.
> >
> > Today I worked Clive, GM3POI, on Orkney Island.  Clive and I had 
> > breakfast one morning in the Crown Plaza in Dayton.  I think it was 
> > about five years ago.  He is an interesting fellow and I remember his 
> > comparison of Dayton to Friedrichshafen (Big EU Ham Radio gathering is 
> > southern Germany).  His assessment of Hara Arena was the equivalent of 
> > an outhouse!  But, there was lots of cool stuff and folks at Dayton 
> > that made up for it.
> >
> > I love ham radio and the connections it generates.
> >
> > Today, I wasn’t the “Big Gun” on 6M. Frank, W5BPT, who live 12 airline 
> > miles from me was hearing/working EU stations that I wasn’t hearing at 
> > all. That went on for 30 minutes before the “spotlight” shined on me.  
> > Also, I heard Joel, W5ZN working Ukraine…no joy here.  As Bill, K5FUV, 
> > posted…it’s all about propagation.  I do think that having a decent 
> > antenna and a bit of power can help squeeze a QSO out of the “gray 
> > area” between good propagation and no propagation.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Pat, W5VY
> >
> >
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