[VHFcontesting] 6m: Feast or Famine?

[Joker]

I say keep 6m in the June Contest. The last couple of all band VHF tests 
had very little propagation on 6m (EN52) so the locals were worked very 
quickly and the rovers were able to work as scheduled and then focus was 
switched to the higher bands once you worked the locals. This contest 
had multiple periods of Es changing (at least in EN52) direction every 
so often. It was hard to get off of 6m because of the number of grids 
that could be worked. Just when you thought the opening was over and 
could focus on 2m or above, propagation would change to a different area 
revealing more treasure to be had. A vicious cycle to be sure. Most of 
the locals used 2m and up during the last 2 hrs of the test to work any 
stragglers. Unfortunately, the stations I would have worked in the 
beginning (had 6m not opened) were no where to be found by this time.

Dave NT9E
McHenry Co. Grid Rats