I confirmed 19 new grids today on LOTW.  More expected.  I think I worked eight new countries.  I never printed Cyprus.  I did print Montenegro but he never responded to my calls and was gone in just a few minutes.  I have been after six meters since the day I got on the air.  My first Q with an Icom 551D from EN82 with a wire antenna on my porch was a station in Turks/Caicos.  I have followed six with a passion since then.  I have never seen an opening like this one, the past three days, where the band was open almost 24 hours each day.  Beats every F2 opening we used to see in the "old days." 

If you ever thought about trying out six, this summer seems like a good time.  A three element yagi doesn't have to be very high. 

And congrats Dennis on those two.  Good work.  I also printed Rick, K5UR and Joel, W5ZN as well as some other ADXA members.  UR, ZN and myself were all on 50.323 vs. 50.313.  The latter freq was just too crowded.

73,

Steve

On 6/10/2026 2:41 PM, Dennis Tune via ADXA wrote:
My 6m DX count was 63 a few days ago...Now I'm at 80 and still have 10 more to get confirmed...Highlight was Cyprus and Montenegro today...Not many operators in those 2 places...

Dennis Tune W5DM

On Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 02:37:13 PM CDT, Randell Curtis, W5ZJ via ADXA <[email protected]> wrote:


Ok all you dogs, I wanna see some numbers! I was lurking and trying a few, but some of y'all were lighting Europe up!  



Randy/W5ZJ

On Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 1:09 PM, Dennis Schaefer via ADXA <[email protected]> wrote:
 
What kind of propagation is that likely to be?

On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 4:45 AM k5ur--- via ADXA <[email protected]> wrote:
Heads up for the night owls or early birds.

6 has been open  to Europe since 4 AM. Good sigs, mainly UK areas.

73,
K5UR
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