Subj : CQ CQ
To   : W8ZZU
From : Spaceman Spiff
Date : Thu Jan 06 2005 08:44 pm

  Re: CQ CQ
  By: W8ZZU to Spaceman Spiff on Thu Jan 06 2005 12:33 am

 >   Re: CQ CQ
 >   By: Spaceman Spiff to All on Wed Jan 05 2005 03:46 pm
 > 
 >  > CQ CQ......must be a bad solar flare...the band is dead....
 >  > CQ CQ....
 >  > Anyone working 6 meters?
 >  > WOndering what the farthest contact anyne has made on that band?
 > 
 > about 4 or 5 days ago I worked some Aurora on 6 meters into South Dakota,
 > right on the border of Montana.  I am in EN82 in Michigan.  I was running 10
 > Watts on my Icom 746Pro running a Par Omni loop at 12 feet.  That is about t
 > farthest I have worked..   Over the summer I worked mobile (vertical) into
 > Denver, CO from EN82.  I was running 100 watts on 50.125 on my Yaesu FT-897
 > into a Cushcraft 1/2 wave vertical.  The Denver grid is exactly south of the
 > South Dakota grid, so thats the farthest west I have ever worked.  I have
 > worked alot of Florida and Texas mobile from EN82.  Not to shabby for being
 > verticaly polarized on SSB and mobile!  Thats why I love 6, when the band is
 > open, you can work anyone with a paperclip..  :)
 > 
 > Your in CA right?   Maybe you will be my long awaited CA 6 Meter contact
 > without the use of beams (I don't believe in them for 6 Meters)
 > 
 > 
 > Jason - Whiskey Eight Zulu Zulu Uniform
 > 
Naw, I'm in Pennsylvania, just off the West Coast of New Jersey, about 10-20
miles into the USA. The edge of 3 Land a couple of miles from where Ben
Franklin flew the kite. We used to be able to hit the 6 meter repeater on top
of the World Trade Center back in the day when it was there.
Looks like you are doing great with Icom.
100 watts would be nice. I am using a VX5 triband HT, so my 6 meter power is
pretty much QRP. One of the guys in our HAM club is building a 6 meter beam.
I am going to check out his plans. Maybe with a good antenna I will get lucky
and catch some DX on 6.

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