[KYHAM] Re: Six Meters

[J Thomas - KD4EVB]

I agree, 6m (and VHF+ weak signal ops) are a fairly rare breed in =
Kentucky although activity has slowly picked up in the last few years.

I'm active on 6m, 2m, 432, and AO-40 from EM79pa and EM78pp in N =
Kentucky as time allows.  Keep an FT-847 on 50.125 anytime I'm in the =
shack in EM79, operating from an apartment has it's challenges :-)   Do =
my serious operating from a tower site near Dry Ridge in EM78pp.  I'm =
also tinkering around 1296 at times, but nothing serious on the air yet. =
 Admittedly I haven't been as active as I usually am, too many other =
priorities distracting me over the last year or so.  With the economy =
and things across the country the way they are, I'm sure I'm not alone =
in this department :-)

Plenty of action for those patient enough.  Snagged C6ALW in FL14 on =
NA-001 (Bahamas) the other day when I stopped in for lunch, 15w to a PAR =
halo in the attic.  Heard ZF1DC a week or two ago, already had him in =
the logs so I let the guys that need 'em, have a crack at him.  'taint =
pretty, but it gets the job done.  Nice opening into Florida Sunday =
evening, so there's plenty of fun to be had if you've got the patience =
and ears for it.  One thing I've noticed lately is a lot of time the =
band is open and there's not a peep on .125 as many ops avoid it to =
avoid getting posted on the DXClusters too fast.  A lot of the Europeans =
I've logged, were just calling away up above 50.150 and little =
indication on the DXClusters anything was going on.  Lesson I learned =
last fall, when you walk in the shack, spin the dial around a =
bit...never know what you may stumble upon :-)

The DXworld webcluster page is pretty good, although it (like many =
similar setups) tends to degenerate into childishness at times.

I'll do a shameless plug for a nice mailing list for the VHF/UHF weak =
signal operator in this area:

http://www.hamradiousa.net/VHFUHF/

Every so often Tom, K4FJW will post a compliled list of the VHF/UHF gang =
that's handy for reference.  Low traffic list, things pick up some =
around the contests.  IMHO, probably one of the best lists to subscribe =
to for an op in this area. =20


Here are some of the guys in KY that are active on VHF/UHF weak signal =
bands, from my logs at least:

WA4ZKO  John     EM79   6/2/432 Hebron
AB4WS    Jack     EM78   6  Florence
K4JBV      Bill       EM78  6  Independence
K4TO        John    EM77  Winchester
W4LC      Jim       EM78  Florence
N4TY      Tyler      EM78  Georgetown
KF4AAV    ?         EM78  Club group I think.  Frankfort.
KE4KWR  Eric     EM78  Stamping Ground
KF2OK    William  EM79  6/2/432  Hebron
NG4N    Tim         EM78  6/2/432  Louisville
W4FVQ  Dennis   EM79  6/2/432  Covington
KG4IES  Jim        EM78  Versailles
KF4RAV  Bill       EM78  Frankfort
KB4EBP  Alva     EM78  Shelbyville
K4JMN    Jackie   EM77  Nicholasville
KC4UYG  Joe      EM78  Louisville
WA1CWG  Ken    EM67  Cave City
WB4HDW  Roger  EM78  Union
WR4F        Dan    EM78  Georgetown
WA4AAJ    John   EM78  Independence
KF4HMD   Greg    EM78  Independence
N4CO    Vance    EM78  Georgetown
KA4MAY  Mark    EM78  Lawrenceburg
WA4PKM  Paul    EM88  Dover
WA2TQI    Bill      EM78  6/2/432Georgetown
KC4JGS    Kieth   EM77  Stanford
AK4U       Paul     EM87  Martin
K4SJA     Steve    EM87  Booneville
KG4AJI    Ed        EM78  Louisville
AG4LB     Louis    EM77  Lexington
N8YHY    Chris     EM88  2/432 Maysville
AD4ZW    'OC'      EM77  6/2/432 Danville
K4LYN     Lynn     EM78  Lexington

Most all are on 6m, probably a few that aren't.  Just cut-n-pasting from =
my logs.  I'm sure there are more out there in KY, this just from a =
quick pass over my logs.

73 & Good DX'ing


Jeff Thomas, KD4EVB
Dry Ridge/Burlington KY
EM78pp/EM79pa
53.530 BeacoNET Node KD4EVB-6  EM78pp   =20





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