[SixClub] Monday Evening opening to XE

[Mike McFatridge]

I worked my first ever 6 meter station today. It was  XE1AY. I could not 
understand his grid square. Just got my Yaesu FT-857D. Not bad for my first 
6m contact..Mike N5TYW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger (K8RI) on Six" <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>
To: <SIxclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:01 PM
Subject: [SixClub] Monday Evening opening to XE


>I just came in from working out in the shop.  I had the Yaesu 897D running 
>and heard a lot of 5s and even a W2 (didn't catch his location) and then an 
>XE turned up.  He was working quite a few northern stations as well as 
>California.  I tried, but that little vertical just wasn't cutting it.
>
> There were quite a number of stations up and down the band on SSB and CW. 
> The band was still open, but up and down a lot when I came in at 0200Z.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
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