[SixClub] Band opened 8/7/06

[Howard Bingham]

At 10:41 PM 8/15/2006, Murray Hunt wrote:
>Thanks to everyone you dropped an e-mail to read this book The Magic 
>Band by Ken Nuebeck.  I think it has answered alot of my 
>questions.  Propagation is understood, I am very interested on 
>learning more about 6 meters.  If you know of anymore readying 
>please let me know.  From the time I picked the book up I was up all 
>night reading it and going back and hi-lighting areas that stood out 
>to remember. I did get a 3elm beam and the next day had a QSO with 
>FL from MD.  Using the beam on a tripod was a little hard but I am 
>working on that rotor and tower.  I do have on question and idea I 
>guess.  In the book it listed FM27 as a rare grid.  Do any of you 
>out there need that grid.  Its not far from my house and I think it 
>would be a good trip out to the beach for the June VHF 
>contest.  Anyways thanks for the help.
>
>KB3LZV
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Monday evening on my way to a ham club meeting about 6:30 pm cdt, was 
when I discovered activity on SSB, but due to background noise in 
city traffic from my mobile, I wasn't too lucky at being able to get 
any QSO's, I did try CQ a bunch of times before the meeting which was 
at 7 pm,  but couldn't raise anyone, so proceeded into the meeting.

If I could have raised one good contact, the meeting would have had 
to wait.. (Meeting was about lightning protection & what happened to 
the rotor cable when the club prez tried to crank up his antenna & 
the embarrassing results..).

Howard Bingham
KE5APJ  -  EL29 gq

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