[OKDXA] Does anyone need a 2 meter yagi?

[W5LE - Gene Lewis]

I have a spare 11-element yagi, Cushcraft A44-11, that I would like to sell.
I'm asking $50 for it.  If anyone is interested, please contact me directly.
W5LE at beggstelco.net.  Thanks.


 
 
 
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: John Geiger
Date: 6/21/2010 9:44:30 AM
To: Discussion of OKDXA
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 6 meters
 
Hi Gene
 
You certainly picked the right time to get on 6m and sounds like you have a
nice setup there. We also had some 2 meter E skip on Friday and Saturday
nights.  Too bad you missed out on it.  The EU opening yesterday was pretty
ususual from Oklahoma, unfortunately it isn't usually like that on 6m.  The
Es around the US is common for summers and around Christmas time.  We haven
t had near as many 6 meter openings to the Carribean as we usually get,
hopefully they are on their way.
 
Enjoy the band, it is my favorite.
 
73s John AA5JG
 
--- On Mon, 6/21/10, W5LE - Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net> wrote:
 
> From: W5LE - Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net>
> Subject: [OKDXA] 6 meters
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 9:29 AM
> I've been a ham for nearly 50 years
> but I made my first QSO on 6 meters last weekend.  I
> had the good fortune of inheriting an Icom IC-746, which
> covers 6 and 2 meters, along with a 5 element Cushcraft
> A505S 5-element 6 meter yagi and a Cushcraft 13WB2
> 13-element yagi, as well as a Ham 2 rotor.  Having had
> this very nice windfall of equipment and antennas, it would
> have been a travesty to not do something with those
> bands.  I put up a small tower that I had lying over in
> the side of my yard and mounted these 2 antennas on it and
> got on the air last weekend.  As it turned out there
> was a VHF contest going on, which made a lot of people get
> on 6 meters.  I couldn't believe it but I worked 14
> states and Canada and Mexico last weekend.  That got me
> revved up for operating VHF.  This weekend that just
> ended, I enjoyed another flurry of activity on 6 and brought
> my states total up to 35 states worked, and 11 European
> countries.  Apparently the timing for my getting on 6
> meters was
>  perfect because apparently it's hotter than it's been in a
> long time, based on what I'm hearing the veteran 6 meter ops
> saying.  It really does seem to be a "magic
> band".  If it's open, you can do wondrous things, if
> it's not, it's as if someone somewhere flipped a switch and
> turned the band off.  Anyway,  I'm very happy that
> the timing of my getting this equipment and antennas
> coincided with an awesome season on 6 meters.  I can't
> believe the number of states and countries I have worked in
> the past 2 weeks with 100 watts and the antenna 30 feet in
> the air.  Here's hoping that 6 meters will continue its
> current trend throughout the summer!
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