[SixClub] 6m e season

[Gene - W5DQ]

While I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, it was a decent Es season out here in California too. We didn't have too many openings into Europe from here :) but had lots of multi hops across the US to the East Coast and a few to the Carribean. Worked about 25 new grids and 3 new countries (Cuba, Guatemala and Hawaii) this season. Increased my work grid count to over 200 and submitted 121 cards to obtain my first VUCC 6M award.

Until recently, I was using an old "FT-726R /Tentec 1209 xvtr/TE Sys 170W brick/modified Cushcraft 5 element yagi" kludged setup with about 125 watts out to the antenna. Replaced all that with a TS-2000X and a M2 6M7JHV 7el. Next thing planned is to get a King Conversion 6M SB-220 to have a kilowatt plus output. Plan is to have a really decent 6M station and BIG signal next season. 

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Gene Brewer, W5DQ 
Ridgecrest, CA 
ex-WN5UZU / WB5UZU / KI6LO 
ARRL Life Member, DXCC, WAS, WAC 
10-10 #24965, 6 Club #2325, SMIRK #6900, 
NCDXF, QWCA #31839 First Licensed 1976

-------------- Original message from "Terry Greenwood" <tgreen at mnsi.net>: -------------- 

Hi Guys now that the E season on 6m is just about over for this summer I was wondering how everyone did during this years 6M E season?Just curious on how much DX you worked or how many new grids you got during the summer.Do you have a 
> high light contact or rare DX that you might have worked? Here in EN82 the E Season got off to a slow start but by the end of may and early June the band opened almost every day.One of the better openings occurred on June 26, the band opened to the UK big time, it reminded me of the F2 Prop I worked during cycle 23 peak !! Their where stations all up and down the band from across the big pond. One of my high light contacts was working ZB3B I've been trying to work him for the last couple of years now and finally got him in 
> the log this summer. Another good contact was working Greenland OX3KQ on june23.Well here is my 
> totals for this year on 6m. 
> 21 new grids 
> 3 new countries 
> 32 different countries 
> I re worked 3 grids I still need. 
> I haven't worked that many new grids in years I usually get around 10 or 12 new 
> ones a E Season,so getting 21 new ones was great, that put me at 599 grids 
> worked on 6m. 
> I have a very small station on 6m I run a 100w into a 4 element yagi@ 48ft.All 
> my contacts are on ssb I don't do CW yet !! 
> 73 Terry 
> VE3TMG 
> GRID EN82 
> 
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