[OKDXA] 6m DX on Friday

[John Geiger]

Hi Bob,

I never heard the MD0 either although I saw him spotted and listened.  There were so many stations on CW I never even messed with SSB friday afternoon/evening.  How many countries do you have on 6m now? I am up to 41.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Sun, 6/28/09, Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Redmon <k5sm.bob at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 6m DX on Friday
> To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 1:19 PM
> 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. 
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 73s John AA5JG
> >
> >
> >       
> >
> >
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