[OKDXA] Six Meters

[John Geiger]

If you can work VU7 on all those bands from VA, why
would anyone want to move back to the "black hole of
Oklahoma"?

73s John W5TD


--- Ken Case <caseke at cox.net> wrote:

> Hi Alan,
> 
> You mentioned K5VRX.  Roger and I were in HS
> together in Tulsa back in the 
> early 60's.  Lynn (W5LC) and I know him well.  He
> has a pretty good setup in 
> VA and seems to work anything and everything.
> 
> I know he retired once.
> 
> If you talk with him again, tell him hi from us.
> 
> 73 Ken K5KC
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "N5PA" <n5pa at n5pa.com>
> To: <pbdxa at mailman.qth.net>; "'Discussion of OKDXA'"
> <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 8:43 AM
> Subject: [OKDXA] Six Meters
> 
> 
> > Guys:
> >
> > As predicted, 6-meters was open again last night. 
> From here in southeast
> > Mississippi we were open from the Carolinas up to
> Pennsylvania.  I started
> > about 8:30 and worked until 9:00 when it played
> out.  We got home from
> > eating Mexican about 8:30 and I saw a lot of spots
> and got on the air.  I
> > did not work anything new but I managed 11 QSO's
> in 30 minutes.  Most of 
> > the
> > guys wanted to ragchew and not just exchange calls
> and grids.  I had about 
> > a
> > 15 or 20 minute QSO with a guy from Diamondhead,
> MS on the coast.  We 
> > talked
> > from about nine until about twenty after.  I
> talked to a couple of guys 
> > that
> > stated that this was their first 6-meter contact
> and one guy had just
> > upgraded to General last week.  I worked seven
> grids and five states. 
> > None
> > of them counted for a new grid or state but I had
> a blast working them.  I
> > probably missed out on a good deal of the opening
> by going out to eat.  I
> > also watch some of the OU and Villanova basketball
> game and it was not
> > pretty for the Sooners.
> >
> > VU7LD is on 15 meter phone and 20 meter RTTY this
> morning.  Hopefully they
> > will be on some other bands and modes this weekend
> when all of us working
> > types are home.  I would love to pick them up on
> RTTY to have that mode
> > covered and possibly another band or two.  I
> talked to K5VRX up in 
> > Virginia
> > on six last night and he has them worked on 15,
> 20, 40, and 80 meters on
> > phone and CW.  He is from the Tulsa area and is
> planning on moving back
> > after he retires.  Like I said before, "Location,
> Location, Location!"  I
> > will take what I can get, though!  Good Hunting!
> >
> > 73,
> > Alan, N5PA
> >
> >
> >
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