[HoustonHam] FW: [SixClub] Palestine update

[Chris Boone]

> -----Original Message-----
> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: [SixClub] Palestine update
> 
> The following two items are about E4X in Palestine with thanks for  EA5RM
> and
> G0JHC.
> It is 19.00 local time (1600Z) and we have  finished all antenna setup
> except
> 80 and 160 meters that will be done  tomorrow.  We have 4 stations working
> at
> the same time and everything is  going well.  We are going to try to
upload
> the log three times per  day.  6 meters SSB QRG was move to 50120.  From
> tomorrow we will  start with operation shifts, I hope to have some free
time
> to coordinate  band changes and antenna beaming.  Plan on CW for all the
> weekend  will be to work on WARC bands.  I am exhausted, but  happy.
> 
> Tonight one station, I do not know still if CW or SSB, will  be on 20
meters
> with the antenna beaming to US around 03.00 to 05.00  UTC.  I want to read
> some reports when I wake up tomorrow  morning.
> 
> 73! de EA5RM / E4X
> 
> 
> 
> Jose EA7KW started out on 6m  around 07.59z, Friday 28th May, with Nick
> 5B4FL
> answering his 1st CQ  (tropo).  The band soon opened up on 1 hop Es to
SV/I
> etc then double  hop Es out to over 4000km, with strong signals into GM,
> followed by G and  mainland Europe. It goes without saying the
> Mediterranean
> paths, both 1 and 2  hop have been open most of the day, with large pile
> ups,
> over a few KHz,  making 6m sound more like 20m here in Europe.
> 
> There are already some 300+  6m QSOs in the log after the first few hrs.
The
> E4X/B was on the air for some  time, around mid day, while the Op took a
> break to erect more Antennas and no  doubt eat.
> 
> Neil G0JHC