[OKDXA] 6m DX on Friday

[Robert Redmon]

John, You are certainly right about conditions on 6 last Friday. Sounded 
like 20 meters here for much of the day. Unfortunately, though I did 
manage a few contacts, I was occupied with various projects around the 
house much of the day and was not able to devote as much time as I would 
have liked. Only saw one county spotted I did not have (Isle of Man) and 
listened for him much of the day, but was never able to hear him here. 
His pileup sounded like one on hf, though.

Bob

73, Bob K5SM



John Geiger wrote:
> Friday, June 26 had some of the best 6m conditions I have ever seen on E skip.  It started in the morning when I was copying V29JKV in Antigua, but no luck with a QSO.  I was sitting at work Friday afternoon watching the EU spots from the east coast, and got home as quickly as I could after work. 
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> After working a couple of 1 land stations on CW I suddenly heard Italy calling CQ on 6M!  No luck with him but did then work GW3JXN in IO72 and G0TSM in IO90 for 2 new countries on 6m (Wales and England).  I almost completed with IK5MEN but he couldn't get the suffix to my call.  I also heard Spain and the Canary Islands on, but no luck with them.
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> That was the end of the EU stations but did continue to work 1 land stations for 3 hours more!  1 land is difficult from here because it lies between 1 long hop and 2 short Es hops, but I worked every 1 land state Friday except for RI-not sure where W1JJ was, never saw him spotted.  This was the longest opening from Oklahoma to  W1 land that I have ever seen.
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> Overall-2 new countries, 3 new grids (the third was FN46 in VE2) and lots of run.  Running 100 watts from a Yaesu FT450 to a MFJ 3 element yagi at 30 feet.
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> 73s John AA5JG
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