[SCCC] W6 Signals at WRTC 2006

[N6KI Dennis Vernacchia]

Hmmmm...

Not exactly true.....

Maybe at PW5B you didn't hear any loud W6

..... after the contest, I received this e-mail from N6CW who was a Referee 
at PT5V

( It was 40 Mtr band, I later figured out )



Dennis,

I forget which band it was but you were very loud at our station PT5V. One 
of the best from W6.

Terry/N6CW/PY

At times I was pointed directly at Brazil, and at other times, especiallty 
when running JAs
  I put the SteppIR in Bi-directional mode, any WRTC stations from Brazil 
called !

73, Dennis N6KI


At 12:30 PM 7/15/2006, you wrote:
>Greetings to all!
>
>Some perspective from 24 hours of listening as the referee at PW5B, team
>SP7GIQ and SP2FAX. Very good location, about 100 mi N of Florianopolis 
>(site 8
>on the map).
>
>
> >From PY the entire contest is to EU, NE direction, NA, NW direction, 
> and  JA,
>halfway between but due N, over the pole.
>
>
>There were NO loud W6 signals on any band.
>
>It may be that none of the W6s pointed their antennas at Brazil to QSO the
>WRTC stations, but the overall lack of signal strength surprised me. I 
>surely
>know who gets out well from up here, but again there were NO outstanding
>signals. Loudest was W6NL, followed closely by N6RO. Neither was loud 
>compared  to
>other U.S. signals, and nobody from further south was even close.
>
>Many W6 signals on 80 cw just before PY sunrise at 10Z. Called N6VR for
>several minutes with no response.
>
>I hope no one takes these observations as a call for bigger  amplifiers!
>
>73,
>Chas., W6UM
>
>
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