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Subject: [SECC] 6 Meters on my 40 meter beam.
From: gmacie at xmmcorp.com (Macie, Gordon)
Date: Mon Jun 16 13:14:06 2003
I heard one station that no one has mentioned.. hk4bdb ??? not sure if thats 
right first time ive heard south america.. i also heard the 9y4 sunday but 
didnt even try to call him. band was pretty dead everytime i checked sunday.. 
almost like meteor scatter. signal would be 59 for 5 sec and gone.. worked 86 
qso's on sat with a dipole..
Band was great.. I did ok except to 6 and 7 land. i could hearem but couldnt 
get back to most of them..

Gordon N4LR.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Clarke [mailto:ku8e@bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:38 PM
> To: SECC
> Subject: Re: [SECC] 6 Meters on my 40 meter beam.
> 
> 
> I have been working stuff on 6 with my HF antenna up until 
> this weekend. That was an
> 88 foot center fed zepp.
> I was able to run the east coast on this setup at the 
> beginning of the contest. After
> it died I spent an hour and built a quicky quad loop and 
> mounted it on my DK9SQ mast
> in the back yard. It seems to be working
> pretty good...110 qso's and 65 grids in th log so far. Band 
> has not really opened
> today for E skip except
> for a short opening to the Carribean.  DX in log so far : 
> VP9/N0JK , CO8DM, VP5KE ,
> 9Y4TL, FM5WD and
> YV1DIG. I also heard but did not work TG9NX , CO2KK and  
> HH7PV ... Hope it opens up
> again this evening...
> 
>            Jeff KU8E (in rare EM72)
> 
> =========================================================
> Jeffrey D. Clarke 706-628-9672 email : ku8e@bellsouth.net
> =========================================================
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan/W4NTI" <w4nti@mindspring.com>
> To: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>; "secc" 
> <secc@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [SECC] 6 Meters on my 40 meter beam.
> 
> 
> > Just stick up a 30 foot pole,  a TV rotar, and work the 
> E-skip no sweat.
> > Don't  need much for that.
> >
> > I just run 3 elements homebrew.  Its only up 20 ft since my 
> mast 'slipped'
> > this winter.. hi.  Ten Tec xvter and hb amp at 60 out.
> >
> > Dan/W4NTI
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David L. Thompson" <thompson@mindspring.com>
> > To: "secc" <secc@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 10:51 PM
> > Subject: [SECC] 6 Meters on my 40 meter beam.
> >
> >
> > > Last year K4WI said he worked the ARRL VHF Party using 
> his 15 meter beam.
> > I
> > > put my FT 920
> > > on 6 meters this past week but found the 40 meter worked 
> much better
> > > although its got an oval pattern.    The night before the 
> contest I worked
> > > XE2K and V25XX and heard VP9/N0JK on both SSB and CW.
> > >
> > > I found that with all the competition that its either 
> feast or famine.  I
> > > notice that I can work most loud stations 9 to 9+, and at 
> times the weaker
> > > stations S4 to 7.  Below S4 its forget it.   Put in 4 
> hours and worked 105
> > > stations in 24 states and 3 countries (funny I could not 
> hear the V25
> > > today).   Some guys said I was loud and some like that 
> WA7 in Arizona kept
> > > calling CQ in my face.  The locals with 5 element or 
> larger beams could
> > work
> > > the weaker stations easily but there was a set of 
> stations who struggled
> > > more than I.   One KB4 runs 10 watts but I got him 
> through to CO2JK.
> > >
> > > I heard N4LR, KU8E, W4WA (worked him), K6EID, and W4HM 
> (he struggled to
> > get
> > > my call).   Bet the number of Metro Atlanta Stations on 
> numbered at least
> > 50
> > > (EM73/74/83/84).
> > >
> > > I have to get into the menu to set the audio on the 920 
> so it won't sound
> > > like that hi fi audio.  I will also wire up my Heil BM-10 
> with HC-4
> > element
> > > to replace the bland Telex contester boom mic set.   Now 
> to figure a way
> > to
> > > get a beam up on a loaded tower,
> > >
> > > See you tomorrow on 6.
> > >
> > > 73 Dave K4JRB
> > >
> > >
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