[Wswss] [VHF] K7XC Report - June 20 2010 - 6M Es into EU... Again!!!!!!!!!!

[John Geiger]

Hi Tim,

Congrats on the new countries.  I was amazed to see how far into Europe the Es was going, and how it was making it to 7 land.  Most of the propagation stayed slightly north of me but did work DK1MAX and SM5CEU for 2 new 6m countries, and on CW.  Like you said, We wouldn't have done it on SSB.

Station here is a Kenwood TS2000 at 100 watts and a MFJ 3 element yagi at 25 feet, so you don't need a huge station to have fun on the magic band.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Sun, 6/20/10, T. M. <k7xc at charter.net> wrote:

> From: T. M. <k7xc at charter.net>
> Subject: [VHF] K7XC Report - June 20 2010 - 6M Es into EU... Again!!!!!!!!!!
> To: "VHF Reflector" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> Cc: "PNWVHFS" <PNWVHFS at googlegroups.com>, 6meter at yahoogroups.com, Wswss at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, June 20, 2010, 1:30 PM
> Greetings from Fallon Nevada,
> DM09nm...
> 
> When I awoke this morning I staggered into the radio room,
> turned the rig on
> and immeadiately heard a 59 K8WFN in EN90 calling CQ on
> 50.125.
> Worked him @ 13:28Z. So much for my morning shower!
> 
> After our contact was complete I swung the antenna up to 30
> degress and began
> tuning the band thinking "maybe I can get lucky again today
> and work some more
> Europeans on 50 Mhz today.... Little did I know what lay in
> store for the next few
> hours.
> 
> At 1356Z I tuned past some moderately loud CW. Centering up
> on his frequency
> of 50095.8 was found S53A calling CQ!!! I was floored! he
> was stable and strong, true
> 549 to 559. Repeated calls met with no joy.
> 
> At 14:09Z I found E70T CQing with a true 579 signal and
> worked him easily.
> 
> At 14:14Z I found a 569 HA1DH calling CQ and again repeated
> calls met with no joy.
> 
> At 14:21Z a 569 SV1DH was found CQing and worked fairly
> quickly. WOW!!!
> 
> At 14:38Z PA0O was 559 to 579 and worked easily.
> 
> At 15:00Z a 549 IK5MEN was found CQing but no joy.
> 
> At 15:24 a 579 IK5MEJ was easily worked for new country #4
> today! FOUR!!!!!
> 
> Shortly there after the band seemed to shift away and quiet
> down so my lady and I
> went to the local Eagle pancake breakfast for a well
> deserved morning meal.
> 
> Arriving home I was surprised to hear the band once again
> open to EU and
> at 16:23Z a 569 9A1CCY went into the log for new country #
> 5 today! Amazing!
> 
> Spinning the band again it seemed to peak back up again
> lasting 10 minutes or so and
> at 16:33Z a 579 EA6SX was very quickly worked for country
> #6 today!
> 
> Add that to working CT1HZE /CT1EEB on the 10th and ON4GG on
> the 19th that
> makes 8 new DXCC countries on 6M in a bit over a week! and
> ALL OF THEM
> EUROPEANS! That has NEVER happened in my life... EVER! What
> an amazing day...
> 
> Mind you.... all of this was done with a IC-746 putting out
> only 80 watts into a
> Homebreww 6 ele yagi on a 30 ft boom up 40 feet fed with 70
> feet of CQ-106
> low loss RG-8 style coax and NO preamp.
> 
> I cringe when people use the highly over used phrase "Magic
> Band" describe 50 Mhz...
> but today it lived up to that title and then some... I look
> at the log and shake my head
> in utter amazement still.
> 
> And for those that say CW is dead.... None of these
> contacts would have happened on
> Phone.... CW is King,  Long live the King!
> 
> LIFE IS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09nm... sk
> 
> PS: 18:28Z Just worked KL7/KB7Q on 50098 with a 559
> signal... OHHH! Maybe JA's today too!
> 
> "One who fears limits his activities. Failure is only the
> opportunity to more intelligently begin again." -Henry Ford
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