[VHFcontesting] Wow! What a sprint! (John Geiger)
jon jones
n0jk at hotmail.com
Sun Oct 26 19:03:42 EST 2003
John:
Excellent Es conditions for the 6M Sprint and congrats on your contacts. One
of the best October Es openings I can recall ever. Wonder if the recent high
solar activity is the cause?
Here in Kansas I got on the radio during the last hour of the Sprint and
worked Colorado. Louisiana, Michigan, Ontario and Texas with 10 watts and a
dipole from home. Heard K0GU and K0YW running stations like the HF
Sweepstakes contest. K0YW hit 60 over S9! K0GU made over 200 QSOs, and
VE3CDP/W9 worked two LUs. What a nice "pre-Halloween" treat.
- Jon N0JK em17 KS
>
>I wasn't expecting much for the 6 meter sprint-just
>figured that I would make a couple of local contacts.
>Boy was I wrong. I saw K0YW spotted a few times, so
>figured I would turn on the 6 meter rig. heard him
>on, but not very strong. Right after that AA7J in
>DN30 came pounding in here on .125. A little while
>later I heard VE3CDP/W9 in EM58, so I swung the mini
>quad east. Suddenly the band just burst open with
>signals from .125 up past .200. Maine and Vermont
>called me! I worked a total of 34 QSOs and 25
>grids-mainly trying to find RI for state number 50.
>Did work ME, NH, and VT in 1 land, and heard CT but
>didn't work them.
>
>Did get EN42 for a new grid, and FN10 for a grid I
>still need confirmed. Hope everyone else had as much
>fun as I did. You have to love those surprise
>openings on 6!
>
>73s John NE0P EM04to
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