[SixClub] Monday Evening opening to XE

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Congrats Mike, not many people can say that their first six meter contact was outside the US.

Jerry W9FS


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Mike McFatridge" <moparmac at wt.net>
> 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)
> > N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
> > www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)
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