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!!!!!!

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	NL7S
ANGUILLA	VP2ETE
ARGENTINA	LU9DO
ARUBA	P41E
AUSTRALIA	VK4MA
AZORES	CT8/K0RUI
BAHAMAS	C6ABB
BALEARIC ISLANDS	EA6SX
BARBADOS	8P6ET
BELGIUM	ON7GB
BELIZE	V31DL
BERMUDA	VP9NM
BONAIRE	PJ4BZL
BRAZIL	PV8DX
CANADA	VE2NGH
CANARY ISLANDS	EA8TL
CAYMAN ISLANDS	ZF1EJ
CHILE	CE3SX
COLOMBIA	HK3JJH
COSTA RICA	TI2CDA
CROATIA	9A8A
CUBA	CO2QU
CURACAO	PJ2MAN
CZECH REPUBLIC	OK1MR
DENMARK	OZ3K
DOMINICA	J79WTA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	HI8RD
ECUADOR	HC2DR
ENGLAND	G0HVQ
FALKLAND ISLANDS	VP8NO
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY	DK1MAX
FIJI ISLANDS	3D2AG
FRANCE	F5BZB
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS	HD8MD
GREENLAND	OX3LX
GRENADA	J35X
GUADELOUPE	FG1JS
GUATEMALA	TG9ANF
HAITI	HH2AA
HAWAII	KH6HI
HONDURAS	HR9/K6VHF
ICELAND	TF1A
IRELAND	EI3KD
ISLE OF MAN	GD0TEP
ITALY	I4KYO
JAPAN	JA7QVI
MADEIRA ISLANDS	CT3MD
MAURITANIA	5T5PA
MEXICO	XE2X
NETHERLANDS	PA5Y
NEW ZEALAND	ZL1RS
NORTHERN IRELAND	GI6ATZ
NORWAY	LA8AJA
PANAMA	HP2AT
PARAGUAY	ZP9HTL
PERU	OA1F
POLAND	SP3AM
PORTUGAL	CT1IUA
PUERTO RICO	WP4JCF
SAINT LUCIA	J68HZ
SCOTLAND	GM4VGR
SLOVENIA	S57RR
SPAIN	EA4EJR
SURINAME	PZ5RA
SWEDEN	SM6NOC
SWITZERLAND	HB9Q
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	9Y4D
UKRAINE	UT7QF
UNITED NATIONS HQ	4U1UN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	K4N
URUGUAY	CX7CO
US VIRGIN ISLANDS	KV4FZ
VENEZUELA	YV5DRN
WALES	MW0ZZK

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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