[SECC] 6 Meters on my 40 meter beam.

[Jeff Clarke]

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)

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Jeffrey D. Clarke 706-628-9672 email : ku8e at bellsouth.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan/W4NTI" <w4nti at mindspring.com>
To: "David L. Thompson" <thompson at mindspring.com>; "secc" <secc at 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 at mindspring.com>
> To: "secc" <secc at 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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