[AK-VHF] Fwd: [PNWVHFS] 6 Meter SPRINT this weekend

[Edward R Cole]

FYI:  might be an opportunity for 6m-DX if bands 
open.  2300z= 1500akdst and 0300z= 1900akdst so 
is in the prime-time of late afternoon/evening 
for Alaska.  May begins the annual sporatic-E season with June the peak.

73, Ed - KL7UW

>Subject: [PNWVHFS] 6 Meter SPRINT this weekend
>From: Gary Lewis <wa7bbj at gmail.com>
>To: pnwvhfs at googlegroups.com
>
>TO ALL:
>
>Copied from the web page of KC9BQA
>
>The 6m (50 MHz) Spring Sprint is Sat. night, May 10th. Tell your ham
>buddies and let’s have a great turnout. So many rigs have 50 MHz
>included nowadays, plus 6 meters is the one VHF band that does offer
>true DX potential. Sporadic E skip is the most common way that 6 opens
>up, and the peak season for sporadic Es starts in May, peaks in June
>and July and tapers off in August. (There’s a lot more to it than
>that, use Google if you want to dig deeper.)
>
>The main message is that late spring and summer is the best time of
>year to be on 6m, and sometimes even stations with modest antennas
>will work DX all across the USA/Canada/Mexico and into the Caribbean,
>if the sporadic Es is strong enough.
>
>The 6m sprint Sat. night runs from 2300Z until 0300Z. There should be
>widespread activity in this sprint, even if the bands don’t open up
>with DX. If you have at least a 3 or 5-element beam for 6m, up in the
>clear, with at least 50-100w out, you should be able to make contacts
>up to 100-200, maybe 250 miles, just with normal “groundwave”
>conditions. Some guys use horizontally-polarized halos, squalos or
>loops, for omni-directional coverage (with reduced overall range).
>Best solution is probably to have a few different antennas for 6
>meters.
>
>The link to the Spring Sprint sponsor’s website is:
>https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/2014-information
>
>73 de Gary WA7BBJ CN97at

73, Ed - KL7UW
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