[NLRS] Thursday's 6 meter E's

Bill K0AWU [email protected]
Fri, 24 May 2002 11:52:19 -0500


Hi all 

 Six Meters was open from here for a couple of hours yesterday morning and 
then again for 4 hours last night. I worked 179 stations in 107 grids during 
that period. Only Arkansas was new, even though stations were worked from 
Washington state to Florida.  

6 meter log:  http://www.geocities.com/patbilldavis/Activity6.html

  I'm not sure how interested I am in being a DXpedition operator after last 
night!  I now am starting to remember in the "old days" why I turned the 6 
meter rig off when the band opened up! 

  Set up camp on 50.135 and answered calls non stop for 3 hrs of the time 
starting east and trying to sneak the beam around to the west hoping to work 
something new. Beam direction was often not a factor with stations calling 
off the back and sides. Most signals S9 and stations 5 or 6 deep calling as I 
worked through the pileup.

  With the recent solar activity it may be an interesting weekend. Still no AU 
as of noon Friday!  Hummm what will 6 be like for the contest??

Bill  K0AWU  EN37ed