[SEDXC] 6 M DX REPORT

[Brian Pitts]

Hi Mike,

I've been enjoying the reports. Good inspiration for me to check what I can hear and work towards improving my station.

Your bit about the "average day of a rabid 6 M DXer" made me chuckle and think "i'm looking forward to retirement." Too bad I've got another 30 years to go!

-- 
All the best,
Brian Pitts
KN4TCF

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, at 21:04, Mike Greenway wrote:
> Things were looking bleak this morning no Eu etc.  N4HU told me he had 
> just decoded A45XR  several times.  The all of a sudden I got few 
> decodes from 7Z1SJ Saudi Arabia.  I checked and he was working up into 
> EU and some AS.  I sent him an email to see if he would turn to NA.   
> Some minutes later I saw him calling CQ at -17  apparently beaming to 
> NA.. Decoded him about 10 times in a row and called but he never heard 
> me..I think he then turned the beam back to AS.  Using PSK Rporter, 
> which is one of the better tools that a 6 M DXer can have, I could see 
> where he was working and who was hearing him.  DX  Maps set up for 6 M 
> only is the second must have for the 6 M DXer.
> 
> Later N4HU heard A65BR so we had some prop into the mideast but they 
> were busy staying with their antennas more to EU.  Rest of the day a 
> bust with a few Caribe and SA.
> 
> Average day of a rabid 6 M DXer.  Up at 8 AM eating breakfast at the rig 
> to get up to speed on conditions.  Watching until 11:30 for quick 
> lunch.  Back until 12:30 and if nothing by then starting chores ie grass 
> cutting etc.  Back at 4 for possible 2 nd wave of western EU or the 
> beginning of JA.  Watch til 7 and then take off to TV unless JA are 
> still in.  There are several rabid 6 M guys //in the I know in the ATL 
> area and beyond.    73 Mike K4PI
> 
> 
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