[ADXA] V6D - finally!

[Stan Ross]

Congrats, Nick!


Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 4, 2025, at 7:26 PM, Nick Kennedy <kennnick at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I was starting to think I was going to miss Micronesia (V6D) with just three days left. I don’t usually miss large-scale operations that I’m after, but I’d yet to hear them louder than S-1 and many calls on 20, 15 and 40 went unheard. VOACAP indicated that 40 might be my best bet, but the best time would be between 4:00 AM and 7:00 AM local time. I did wake up at 4:00 but couldn't quite get out of bed.
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> I got up at 5:45, fed the cat and let her out, then headed downstairs. The DX Heat spots showed no 40-meter spots and pretty much no CW spots at all. But I decided to check RBN and it showed a spot on 10.105 MHz only one minute old. Sure enough, there was V6D calling CQ and not getting much action. And it was the strongest I’ve heard them yet. I didn’t look at the S-meter, but he was maybe S-3 and solid copy. But did I have an antenna that works on 30?  I don’t think the 88-footer with Matchbox likes 30. I wasn't sure about my formerly 134’ EFHW, now of an unknown length after a big windstorm modified it. But I switched to it and pushed the ATU button.
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> Tried a couple of calls 2 up with no luck and moved down in small steps until I heard “WA5BDU”.  Success! Within a few minutes, I saw that I was in the log. 
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> First new one in a long time!
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> 73
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> Nick, WA5BDU
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