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: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of WB5JJJ
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2024 9:32 AM
To: ADXA Mailing List <[email protected]>
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.
DXCC Entity | 6M |
ALASKA | |
ANGUILLA | |
ARGENTINA | |
ARUBA | |
AUSTRALIA | |
AZORES | |
BAHAMAS | |
BALEARIC ISLANDS | |
BARBADOS | |
BELGIUM | |
BELIZE | |
BERMUDA | |
BONAIRE | |
BRAZIL | |
CANADA | |
CANARY ISLANDS | |
CAYMAN ISLANDS | |
CHILE | |
COLOMBIA | |
COSTA RICA | |
CROATIA | |
CUBA | |
CURACAO | |
CZECH REPUBLIC | |
DENMARK | |
DOMINICA | |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | |
ECUADOR | |
ENGLAND | |
FALKLAND ISLANDS | |
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY | |
FIJI ISLANDS | |
FRANCE | |
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS | |
GREENLAND | |
GRENADA | |
GUADELOUPE | |
GUATEMALA | |
HAITI | |
HAWAII | |
HONDURAS | |
ICELAND | |
IRELAND | |
ISLE OF MAN | |
ITALY | |
JAPAN | |
MADEIRA ISLANDS | |
MAURITANIA | |
MEXICO | |
NETHERLANDS | |
NEW ZEALAND | |
NORTHERN IRELAND | |
NORWAY | |
PANAMA | |
PARAGUAY | |
PERU | |
POLAND | |
PORTUGAL | |
PUERTO RICO | |
SAINT LUCIA | |
SCOTLAND | |
SLOVENIA | |
SPAIN | |
SURINAME | |
SWEDEN | |
SWITZERLAND | |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | |
UKRAINE | |
UNITED NATIONS HQ | |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |
URUGUAY | |
US VIRGIN ISLANDS | |
VENEZUELA | |
WALES |
73's
George - WB5JJJ
HoIP - 100105
On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 9:18 AM <[email protected]> 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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