[VHFcontesting] CQ WW VHF 6 m condx

[John Geiger]

And I was surprised to work/hear 2 ME stations (K1WHS and K1TOL) around
11:30pm local.  Really late to be working 1 land from here (which is rare
anyways).  The best 6m times did seem to be around 7-9pm local, but there
was quite a bit of activity around 2 to 3:15 local also-mostly to 2, 3, and
4 land.  Heard one potential new grid-W4TAA/VE3 in FN15, but lost prop to
him before I got him.

It was fun, what else do you want?

73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz at prairienet.org>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] CQ WW VHF 6 m condx


>
> Wow, I thought the 6 meter opening on Saturday evening made it up that
> far.  I started hearing and working East coast stations on 6 at 2300Z
> Saturday and the opening continued till 0130 or so.  At that time the band
> shifted and I was working DM69-DM79 stations in Colorado on 6.  At 0230Z
> there was another opening to the east coast and I was working both
> directions simultaneously, with the east coast stations off the back of
> the beam. 6 meters finally died here at about 0300Z.
>
> It was nothing like the tremendous opening we had last year but it wasn't
> too shabby!
>
> I thought I heard the eastern stations working as far north as EN55 during
> the main opening.
>
> I was also QRP. All in all, 51 QSO's in 28 grids on 6 and 13 QSO's in 6
> grids on 2 meters, for 2618 points.  I only had 7 hours of operating time.
> Wish I could've managed more.
>
> Looking forward to the next one!
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Ellen Rugowski wrote:
>
> > Oh well Eric,
> >
> > I must have been in a bit of a semi-dead zone myself.  Condx. were
spotty
> > here on the very northeasternmost corner of EN-52.   It was better than
the
> > June contest was on 6m, but I didn't feel like staying glued to the
radio,
> > so I'd listen every 10-15 minutes or so, and then tune for 5 minutes or
so.
> > I lost 6m capability with the sale of my FT-897D, 2 1/2 weeks ago, to
help
> > pay for car repairs. But I was able to get my hands on a FT-620B for
peanuts
> > at a local swapfest 2 weeks ago. It only has 10W output but the receiver
is
> > pretty good.
> >
> > I lost time on Saturday, due to the need to finish rewiring the mic that
was
> > given to me with my FT-620B.  I also had to run errands (I had to
deliver
> > two older kittens to their new home on Saturday afternoon for a local
animla
> > shleter I volouteer at).  No long openings.  They were very short (maybe
> > 5-10 minutes at the most), and very specific geographically (in other
words
> > I heard the same 2 stations or so for the entire opening). Some signals
were
> > strong, most weren't.  I only made 8 QSOs. Part of it was antenna
related,
> > but it seemed like Joe, N9UX (who some of you may have worked during his
> > rover ops on other contests) who lives in the neighborhood, was working
them
> > at a higher rate than me, but it was not on the level of an order of
> > magnitude higher than me, considering that he uses a TS-2000, and a 6m
yagi.
> > I did have a highlight late this morning - I worked the west coast: K7CW
> > (CN82 [Pacific Coast of Oregon] on CW [once I learned how to turn down
the
> > sidetone level, which was ridiculously loud]); and W7CE (CN87 [Pacific
Coast
> > of Washington] on SSB).  I also worked W5WVO (DM65 , in New Mexico) last
> > night.  It just seemed really spotty for me. Most of the time, I would
hear
> > nothing, and occasionally a very weak one down in the noise.  I
submitted my
> > log in the QRP class, just to say that I submitted a log.
> >
> > 73,
> > Ellen - AF9J
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eric Smith" <kb7dqh at donobi.net>
> > To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 8:13 PM
> > Subject: [VHFcontesting] CQ WW VHF 6 m condx
> >
> >
> >> Well, glad to hear the rest of the country had decent DX on
> >> 6...  Out here in the PNW, there were some brief, weak
> >> openings into EN and FN,  which kept those of us serious
> >> about working it scrambling when it would appear.
> >>  Otherwise, local participation was up over previous years.
> >>
> >>
> >> This was the first time in a long time I simply parked on a
> >> rock and worked it... started late, but still managed 106
> >> QSO's on both bands...  The FT 450 performed marvelously on
> >> 6...
> >>
> >> Eric
> >> KB7DQH
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