My 2 cents: I am on the West Coast, and I have a 3-element beam at about
18 feet for 6 meters. I run 100w from my K3, CW only. During the summer
when there are sporadic E openings, I have worked stations all over the
US, including the East Coast. VHF contests are also an excellent time to
get on. But it's mostly dead, especially in winter. I haven't
experienced a single F2 skip opening this cycle (if there was one, I
missed it).
I recall working stations all over the country with about 5 watts of AM
phone in 1957. Imagine 6 meters full of heterodynes, wall-to-wall AM
stations! DX, too. But those days are probably not going to return for
a while.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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