6 Meters is OPEN

[Crawdad]

9.7.2023 S. Amer.

22:07z LU6DRV/JOE/GF07 (new grid) 50.115 SSB​

22:10z LU2EPO/WALTER/GF14 / 50.110 SSB

Then as fast as it opened...GONE

Dammit, I've got to start paying better attention to 6m late afternoon/evening. Maybe I can make it that far south on my lowly Moxon. Worth a try anyway.

Nice ones Gary!!

Good to talk to you this morning, no matter how short it was.

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[BJ radionut]

Good to talk to you this morning.

Pleasure as always Evan 73

 

[BJ radionut]

9.8.2023
23:07z ... LU9EHF / FF95(new) /50.110 SSB 59/59
Lincoln, Argentina

 

[Crawdad]

9.8.2023
23:07z ... LU9EHF / FF95(new) /50.110 SSB 59/59
Lincoln, Argentina

Hmmm..... about an hour later today than the evening before. Tricky to predict isn't it?

Another nice one Gary.

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[BJ radionut]

ARRL September VHF Contest:
1800Z, Sep 9 to 0300Z, Sep 11

September VHF

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

www.arrl.org

Worldwide
	Mode:	All
	Bands:	50 MHz and up
	Classes:	Single Op All Band (All Modes/Analog Modes)(Low/High) Single Op Portable (All Modes/Analog Modes) Single Op 3-Band (All Modes/Analog Modes) Single Op FM Rover Limited Rover Unlimited Rover Unlimited Multi-Op Limited Multi-Op

 

[BJ radionut]

Finally, an opening during the day!!!
I was VA1PYE's FIRST 6m contact on his new Moxon + new FTdx10.

 

[BJ radionut]

Worked this homebrew antenna 397 miles away on 6m SSB this morning
See Eggbeater antenna
W4MW to W9FNB NC to Ind!!!
Eggbeater tied up between 2 trees.

 

[doffo]

I really need to make that 6m dipole out of copper pipe and a plastic T connector lol. Just one of the last things my Elmer and I talked about before he passed in May of 2022... Never made a 6m QSO in my life but there is always a first time for everything.

 

[Crawdad]

Nice but short opening to South America this afternoon. Was able to work French Guiana and Ecuador. Heard Suriname but the door slammed shut.

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[Crawdad]

My first experience with Aurora-E bouncing this evening. Interesting stuff. Distorted signals but readable. Worked a few US stations once I figured out WTH was happening. No wonder it's called "Magic".

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[BJ radionut]

10.9.2024​

FRENCH GUIANA

FY5KE/CHRIS/59/GRID=GJ35​

17:40z ... 50.110 USB
---------------------------
ECUADOR
HC2GRC/59/GRID=FI07
17:45z ... 50.115 USB
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PERU
OA1/EA5NA
/59/GRID=EI94
20:25z ... 50.130 USB
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10.11.2024​

ARGENTINIA/ PATAGONIA​

LU1XMO/ROMEO/57-57/GRID=FE63
50.110 USB ... 14:53z
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BRAZIL
PY4ZV/53-55/GRID=GH61
50.110 USB ... 15:14z
-----------------------------
PP1OY/ nr RIO/55/GRID=GG99
50.110 USB ... 16:57z
-----------------------------
VENEZULA
YV4EK... LOUD 59+/GRID=FK60
50.110 ... 17:54z
----------------------------

 

[BJ radionut]

My first experience with Aurora-E bouncing this evening. Interesting stuff. Distorted signals but readable. Worked a few US stations once I figured out WTH was happening. No wonder it's called "Magic".

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KOOL STUFF! Howard/W4HLR/TN nr Menphis ... Both of us were pointed due NORTH into the aurora ... he was 57+ here...and returned a 55 to me...we chatted with 3-4 ops(hearing both sides)... we never moved our antennas!!!

 

[BJ radionut]

OH>>>I heard you work that FY5....
My first thought was the line from Hunt for Red October...
Way to go(Dallas!) Evan!!!

 

[BJ radionut]

Columbia
HK6F / 59 /FJ24
19:18z ...50.115
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WHO'S NEXT!!!

 

[Crawdad]

Love these F2 openings! Hope there's more to come.

Today:
YV4EK Venezuela 50.110
PV8DX Brazil 50.115
HK6F Colombia 50.115
HK3X Colombia 50.140 (still CQing as I type)

Baby Moxon @ 30' on a fiberglass push-up. Great little antenna!

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