[ADXA] BE ALERT - E51EME

Sat Aug 24 12:36:17 EDT 2024

George, read W3LPL's paper on six meter antenna height.  50' the best 
and 40' no problem.  My antenna is at about 80' and I can tell people 
with lower antennas are smoking me.  This is a 28' boom.  I just didn't 
know at the time.  Many ops have antennas they can switch between at 
different heights.  When I first got exposed to six meter DX in WDC, it 
was when F2 was hopping. Everyone told me bigger and higher for F2.  
That might be true but Frank, LPL, says 50' is best for E DX.  Maybe 
Joel has further comments.  I would love to lower my six meter antenna 
but it would be terrific job.

Kind regards and 73,

Steve

On 8/24/2024 9:40 AM, w5zn at w5zn.org wrote:
>
> Some gud DX there George.
>
> 32 ft is an excellent height for a 6 meter antenna. If you believe you 
> need a 50 MHz antenna at 120 ft for 99% of the six meter DX, then 
> create a model of your antenna and run a simulation of the vertical 
> pattern at that height and the nulls will surprise you!!!!!!
>
> ZN
>
> *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
> *On Behalf Of *WB5JJJ
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 24, 2024 9:32 AM
> *To:* ADXA Mailing List <ADXA at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] BE ALERT - E51EME
>
> I've been lucky with my 6m Oceania contacts.  Here is my paltry list 
> of 73 compared to many ADXA members.  But I've only had a decent 6m 
> beam at 32' for about 10 years and NO amp.  I'm still surprised as to 
> how well it works WHEN CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT.  Otherwise, it might as 
> well be a dummy load up there.  I got ONE Hawaii and TWO Alaska within 
> about 15 minutes last year to round out my WAS on 6m.
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> 73's
>
> George - WB5JJJ
> HoIP - 100105
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 9:18 AM <w5znjoel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Greetings ADXA Folks,
>
>     Be alert in the afternoons on 6 meters for E51EME on 50.313 FT8.
>     Bob was heard by several stations just to our south yesterday.
>     This is South Cook Island. Some of you have worked E51WL who is on
>     North Cook, so E51EME would be a new one for those who may have
>     not worked Bob on 6 meters before. Occasionally he gets on 10
>     meters in the afternoon as well so listen there if you need that
>     one on 10.
>
>     Bob is on South Cook for a couple of weeks “vacation” from his
>     home in New Zealand (ZL1RS). For this trip he brought a much
>     improved 6 meter antenna system, running two stacked 5 element
>     Yagis. His TX power is 1KW so with just a little enhancement you
>     should hear him. His antennas look out over the ocean and his RX
>     is good.
>
>     The past two nights (around 3 AM) I’ve watched him on EME and his
>     EME signal has averaged between -20 to -25 (which is a VERY GOOD
>     EME signal). He cannot elevate the antennas so he is only on EME
>     during his moonrise (MR) and moonset (MS).
>
>     So, BE ALERT for the next few afternoons and point your antenna
>     around 240 degrees azimuth. You can see his “blog” on his E51EME
>     QRZ.com page.
>
>     73 Joel W5ZN
>
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