[OKDXA] 6 meters

[John Geiger]

Hi Gene,

Yes it is neat what you can do on 2m once you get off of FM, although Es contacts have been made on FM as well.  Since I moved here in 2001 I have worked 39 states and 158 grids on 2m.  Never ran more than 160 watts and the largest antenna I had up was a 13B2 at 30 feet.  Currently using a Kenwood TS2000 at 100 watts on 2m and a Cushcraft dualband yagi that has 5 elements on 2m, and I am still making plenty of Es QSOs with that setup.  I think my best on 70cm with it has been 315 miles or so into far east Texas (EM31).

73s John AA5JG

--- On Mon, 6/21/10, Gene Lewis <genelewis at beggstelco.net> wrote:

> From: Gene Lewis <genelewis at beggstelco.net>
> Subject: [OKDXA] 6 meters
> To: okdxa at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 10:43 AM
> One of the fellows I talked to on 6
> meters mentioned that I should keep an eye on 2 meters so I
> did take a trip down there and I had a QSO with Wichita on
> 144.200.  I know that probably doesn't count for much,
> but the fact that I was talking to someone that far away
> Without no repeater involvement impressed me.  I'll be
> keeping an eye on 2 meters as well as 6 from here on
> out.  
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