[TowerTalk] 6-meter antenna height

[Jim Brown]

On Sun,7/31/2016 7:16 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> I'm not convinced that says much about antenna height on six meters ...

That was exactly my point!

> I've managed to work 413 and confirm 388 grids (49 states - need AK)
> in five seasons with nothing more than essentially a double zepp at
> about 25 feet. 

Not surprising. Look at the 6M maps at dxmaps.com on a day to day basis. 
Those of you in the eastern half of the US get a LOT more openings in a 
lot more directions than we do in northern W6, and there are a lot more 
active hams in single-hop range. I had to go to meteor scatter and tropo 
(using ISCAT) for a couple of dozen mid-range grids, most of those from 
expeditions to those grids by a half dozen enterprising hams. K7BV alone 
is responsible for a dozen very rare grids that he activated on trips to 
and from hamfests. Dennis works for Yaesu in marketing. KB7Q is another 
grid warrior. I think you and I worked on 6M CW either this season or 
last. I'm going from memory -- my email computer is not in my shack.

W6JTI, a great CW op, gave me and several of my friends CM79 by hiking 
up a 3 mile trail that climbs 1,000 ft. In the last couple of weeks, 
Frank and I have completed skeds for CN70 (a portable setup with his K3 
and a 3-el Yagi) and CN80 (from his mountain-top contesting shack). He's 
planning CN71 next month from a site near where he'll be staying 
overnight with a relative. This is all very sparsely populated area, 
where the principal crop is green and smokable. :)

73, Jim K9YC