To better put this in perspective out of the entire San Diego DX club we have only one member who has 6m DXCC and it has taken him many solar cycles to do it. And it was all from the west coast. The SDDXC is a pretty large club too. Last I looked we have a second member who is closing in on it. The rest of us in the top 20 for the band are in the teens, twenties and thirties.
Keith AK6ZZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos > On Feb 26, 2014, at 2:09 PM, "Jeff Stai" <wk6i.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > True, but when I lived in so cal I managed to work most of SA and the pacific > rim as well as 48 states (missed AR and NJ) with that three element. Not that > forlorn. 73 jeff wk6i > >> On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, Keith Heimbold <ag...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Not to rain on the folks in Europe or eastern US or even Texas but 6m is a >> totally different animal out west. It is still super fun but we get about >> 1/4 or less of the openings of these other regions. So yes put up a 3 >> element antenna but don't expect to even come close to those DX numbers. >> Still it is very enjoyable when the band opens, but go into this with eyes >> wide open. >> >> Keith >> AK6ZZ >> >> Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos >> >> > On Feb 26, 2014, at 1:35 PM, "r miles" <greenacres...@charter.net> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Being an HF DXer I'm down to one. 6 yr.s ago I'd tried 6m. A friend said >> > load my TA 33 since I had no 6m antenna. Well I wrkd 25 countries with >> > 100w & an HF tribander.Then I put up a 3 ele 6m & wrkd abt 60 countries. >> > I've since put up a 5 ele 6m yagi with a larger one gg up this Spring. One >> > of the reasons I got a KPA500 was 6m. I'm at 90 countries now from TN. >> > >> > The band is open from late March thru August with quick openings >> > anytime. Last week there were openings to KH6 & SA from Ca to Wa. The >> > Gulf Coast guys are hearing SA most evenings now. The last two Winters >> > we've had openings[ only 20-30 min.s] to the S Pacific. Mostly CW but >> > sometimes SSB too. >> > >> > Build a little 3 ele 6m yagi. It'll only be a 6' boom. Smaller than TV >> > antennas. 6m is like 10m. When it's open antennas don't matter that much. >> > >> > I've wrkd Japan 100s of times on HF but it was a rush to wrk Japan on 6m >> > !!!!!!!! >> > >> > In the QRN times of Summer 6m offers a gud break from HF. >> > >> > K9IL >> > ______________________________________________________________ >> > Elecraft mailing list >> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> > >> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > -- > Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.j...@gmail.com > Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ > Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/twistedoak ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
