[SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club

[AA6DX - Mark]

Whatz youze needz youze ...   not too long ago, a ham was selling the estate 
of an SK on 4salebuy, or one of them .. I bought a Black Cat .. pair of 
3-500s .... they made 2 of those, one for "ham" usage, 5 bands, and the 
"other" --- 6 & 10M.... with a driver (?)   Seller did not know which when I 
bought it --- well, I got the one for CB -- which did not upset me, because 
I wanted it for 6M anyway.  BUT ... it was shipped by a shipping outfit that 
did not have a clue, and United Pounding Service did its job and dropped it 
on a corner.. the 3-500s rattling in their cage (not broken though) and the 
cabinet squished on the corner to where the chassis won't slide out without 
taking out dent(s)... I went "hmmmmm!" - put it in the storage garage and 
there it sits.   Maybe one rainy day this winter, or ... sell/trade it off. 
My big stick KLM 6M is laying across the back yard .. not very efficient 
there!  HIHI .. 73
Mark Nelson  -  AA6DX   ARRL 42+ Years Life Member ARRL


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger (K8RI) on Six" <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club



You guys had better hurry up and get ready for weak signals as I'm almost
ready to put the 7L 6-meter beam back in operation at 115 feet.  You should
thank me for all the band openings this summer cuz when that antenna goes
back up the band will be going dead.<sigh>  To insure propagation really
goes down hill I'm installing LMR 600 all the way.  However I do need to
climb that tower more.  I hadn't climbed in a month and after an hour up
there the other eveing  it's taken two days for my calves and quads to
recover. <:-))

However if any one knows where I can get a good 6-meter legal limit amp, let
me know and not a pair of 3-500s as they take too much drive. For that I
could convert my old 2K4, but I'd rather do it was something a bit more
compact.  I tried for a 6n2 Thunderbolt on e-bay but some one wanted it
worse than I did. Maybe I should have kicked the final bid up a bit. <sigh>

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)

>  it seems to me the amount of submissions to the reflector have slowed
> quite a bit, I suppose thats due mostly to the lack of 6 meter band
> openings.  this is a really good spot for 6 meter stuff,
> it would be a shame to lose it.
>