[Elecraft] S9DX and other dxpedition tips

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

6M antennas that are adequate for EME are a problem.  It's a lot of work 
and transportation problems for a few contacts, even fewer than 160M.

73, doug

On 13-Feb-11 12:25, Lance Collister wrote:
> On 2/13/2011 4:24 PM, Tony Estep wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Lance Collister<w7gj at q.com>   wrote:
>>
>>> It certainly is a shame to go to such a rare place, with the convenient
>>> capabilities of the K3, and not even trying to get on 6m JT65A ...
>>
>> ===========
>> Well, their (earthbound)  6M policy is at:
>>
>> http://s9dx.hkmann.de/?Magic_Band
>>
>> Tony KT0NY
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> Yes, I know....that is probably why most of the HF DXpeditions over the last
> number of years have not had any success on 6m :-(  I made 26,000,000 miles's
> worth of contacts on 6m on my last DXpedition to the South Pacific last fall.  Of
> course, I used my K3 and 6m was not an "afterthought" and I certainly encouraged
> people to watch for my CQ's.  By comparison, my approach was certainly not "Please
> don't pester us with questions for tries on 6m." ;-)
>
> Thank goodness there are SOME HFers interested in working 6m ;-)  I worked the
> first 6m station from PJ2 a couple weeks ago when PJ2/W8WTS got on JT65A mode
> during his moonset with a 5 element yagi and 300w.
>
> Looking forward to some more new DXCC on 6m this spring ;-)  Up to 164 now and
> have been adding a new DXCC every month for the last several years.  Thanks to all
> those who have shown an interest in demonstrating what CAN be done on that band!
>
> GL and VY 73, Lance