[SECC] 6 Meter Opening on Tuesday

[Daniel Jeswald]

You hit a great E skip opening.   It would likely make a fine spot for VHF
even if the band was dead. 

Dan/W4NTI



> [Original Message]
> From: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
> To: <secc at contesting.com>
> Cc: <mrrc at contesting.com>
> Date: 7/8/04 11:58:48 AM
> Subject: [SECC] 6 Meter Opening on Tuesday
>
>
>   Hi All..
>
>    Just back from a week long vacation to visit my family in Ohio. We
also spent a couple days on the way back in the Smoky Mountains. 
>
>   I had an interesting experience on Tuesday night. We drove up to
Clingmans Dome, which at 6200 ft is the 2nd highest point on the East coast
behind Mt Rogers , in VA. I brought the IC706MKIIG along with a 6 meter
Hustler mobile whip. I have been up to the mountain several times but the
bands were always dead and about all I ever heard as far as DX were the NWS
stations as far away as Nashville and Atlanta.
>
>    On Tuesday night the 6 meter band was wide open to the east coast and
midwest. This was about the most intense opening I have experienced since I
> starting operating on 6 a few years ago. It was also neat to work what I
think what was ground wave to other parts of TN and down into GA.  With the
simple antenna I was using I was able to generate pileups when calling CQ.
Too bad I didn't have a 2 meter antenna since I found out later that it was
open with some E skip as well. I guess I will have to put a 2 meter halo on
the shopping list !!!  This might be a neat place to checkout for the next
VHF contest ???
>
>
>                       73, Jeff KU8E
>
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