[SixClub] tonight

[FRED LESNICK]

Point it North to the strongest aurora signal Bruce, and call. I am running same rig with 3 
elements and lots of success.


Fred
VE3FAL
EN58df


On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:16:02 -0600
  "rattray" <rattray at accesscomm.ca> wrote:
> I am a novice to this band so please forgive my lack of knowledge and
> experience on 6 mtrs...my 6 mtr "dx" distance has been increased from 45
> miles to 150 miles this evening as I heard and worked VE5UF in Saskatoon
> ...it seemed like the band was opening but I was heading out of the
> house to our General Hospital...when I got home the E skip had changed
> to aurora as the voice signals have a very husky characteristic to
> them...I'm hearing K0TVD, Bill, in western Iowa, EN21...called a few
> times but no go...other stations copied but not worked were W0IS,
> K0HA;EN10 and VE5PM (very light)...I'm running an FT-817 and a 4 element
> Cushcraft beam at 55 feet...any tips are always appreciated...73 Bruce.
> 
> 
> 
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