[KCDXC] 6 meters

[Lee Ward]

Marty,

Remarkably, they were all pleasant Q's. In a contest I guess they
don't care what form of propagation gets the Q. I have heard that guy
on 20. It never ceases to amaze me what jerks are out there besides
you.

I never could work 6 when I lived in Chicago, Channel 2 next door was
a real problem. Here, it's pure joy, a little TVI in the house, but
Mary doesn't really mind.

I have a new SteppIR 3 element and will put the extra 6 meter element
on so I have a long 4 element yagi on 6. Should be good enough for my
needs.

Life is good, I'm not grouchy, as usual.

73, LW

Sunday, June 11, 2006, 8:23:06 PM, you wrote:

> How many of the stations that you called got mad because you weren't
> the kind of propagation they wanted?

> I used to get chewed out by these rocket scientists in New Mexico or
> somewhere who were looking for F1 propagation when I was (apparently)
> sporadic E... Reminded me of that 7-lander who gets on 20 meters 
> every evening, "checking propagation to africa only please..." - call
> him sometime and see what happens.

> 6m is fun if you live in the country. Pisses the neighbors off in 
> town though. I built a 4-element long-boom yagi one time that worked
> incredibly well. I could listen to baby monitors and cordless phones
> from all over Lee's Summit.

> - NW0L
>    Still Grouchy as Ever.

> At 07:50 PM 6/11/2006, Lee Ward wrote:
>>  I put a 3 element 6 meter yagi above my A3 last winter. I finally
>>  used it this weekend and worked 33 grid squares and 25 states on 6
>>  without much effort, or time. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,0, call areas and VE2/3.
>>
>>   Some stations were in for a few minutes and a couple (AZ & CA) were
>>   in for hours. Haven't made more than a few Q's on 6 and I kinda like
>>   it now. Better than average opening and amazing how many of the
>>   stations worked were also worked in 160 contests. I might just tune
>>   around 6 more often in the future.
>>
>>
>>El Presidente, K0LW

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