[SixClub] 6m e season

[Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW]

Gene,

 I am right there with you !   IF I can stop my children from taking all my 
money one day I hope to have an SB 220 on 6 meters also !

                                                       Joey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene - W5DQ" <ki6lo at mchsi.com>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6m e season


> 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.
>
> --
> 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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