>During Saturday, I (as a 1D station) probably worked about 100 other
>1D stations. This was because six meters was in really good shape.
>Anyone who missed operating on six during the FD might want to think
>about having it available next year.
I have to agree with Tree. As part of the crew at the WWDXC's 2A (W7FR)
I know we had a ball on 6 Saturday, even with just 100 watts and a 2 el.
beam (which was 3 el until the director snapped, luckily it only raised
the SWR to 1.7:1). We made I think about 50, maybe 60 QSO's during the
opening, it was just fantastic. The 2 main VHF operators of N7MOK and
KC7DZZ just kept racking up the QSO's for about 2 or 3 hours, when our
little beam wasn't good enough anymore.
>At any rate - many people were just on exchanging grid squares, but
>added the FD exchange too. I didn't see any harm in working other
>1D stations and agree that it might help bring them into contesting.
>
>Feels a lot like working other stations in your own country in the
>CQ WW.
I've done a 1D the last couple years, and I never have worked other
1D's, mostly because I didn't think. I agree with Tree that there
really isn't any harm, and it probably will bring more people into
contesting.
>Six meters is lots of fun - it is like a contest whenever it opens!
What a great opening that was, as someone who had never seen 6 before!
73
David Jones, KK7GW
kk7gw@hotmail.com
Trustee for the Juanita Contesting Club-KD7BWU
jcontesting@hotmail.com
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