[OKDXA] 6 meters

[Ken Roberson]

Gene,

You still have time , here is his web site

http://www.geneshea.com/

73 Ken K5DNL
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--- On Mon, 6/21/10, W5LE - Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net> wrote:

> From: W5LE - Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net>
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 6 meters
> To: "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 10:35 AM
> Ken,
> I heard you on 6 yesterday.  I wish I had snagged that
> KL7 too.
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> From: Ken Roberson
> Date: 6/21/2010 10:04:51 AM
> To: Discussion of OKDXA
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] 6 meters
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> Gene,
>  
> Congrats on getting on 6M , you will have lots of fun this
> summer.
> Yesterday I was lucky enough to work KL7/KB7Q ( Alaska ),
> He was on 50.089
> CW with a nice signal, He said if the band gets beter he
> will go to SSB.
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> Working Alaska on 6M was the high-lite of the day for me,
> That was
> the last state that i need for WAS on 6M , now to get the
> QSL card.
> Rig: Elecraft K3 and M2 5 ele yagi @ 50 ft.
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> GL and GD DXing 73 Ken K5DNL.
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> --- On Mon, 6/21/10, W5LE - Gene Lewis <w5le at beggstelco.net>
> wrote:
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> > 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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