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As I type, to Caribbean and Central states. This afternoon is was open to S.A. Heard no AM.

She's open now into C NY.   A few Florida and Iowa stations now.   2PM Eastern

klc

Did you call CQ to try the get the ball rolling? It only takes one.

I'm not one of "those" who listens and never utters a sound unless called by some prearrangement. During band openings, I generally call CQ anywhere between 50.385 and 50.425 on various frequencies. It's difficult during band openings to hear any "local" (75 to 200 miles) transmissions especially if they're all trying to operate around 50.4 and their antennas all all pointed in the same direction.  All was not lost however; I went down to the lower end and worked several Caribbean stations, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and a bunch of 4's, 5's, and 0's. I plan on running the Li'l Lulu receiver and transmitter for a short period during this upcoming VHF contest. They're on the work bench for some minor tweaking.

Shes za  open now.

klc

Shes za  open now.

Again.


klc

Not like this past weekend. Had great time - CQ Contest even in my sleep.

East Coast to Europe as of 3 PM EDT. Mostly CW but several European phone stations in the DX section. West coast to Mexico and further South also open. MUF at 110 MHz.

As I type, 6 is open from East coast to Europe, East coast and Southern areas to West Coast. Central states to Northern Canada, Greenland, and Iceland.

Shes a bublin now.
 No One on 50.4 exsept me.

klc

Its open now... and a few ops are on 50.400....   wish they would ID a bit.... ..


klc

What kind of antennas and antenna height are you gentlemen using?

I'm using a 7 element long boom (31 foot) yagi on the tower. With the tower fully nested, antenna is at 34 feet; with the tower fully raised, the antenna is at 85 feet.

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" What kind of antennas and antenna height are you gentlemen using?"

My 6m ant is pictured in the "Gallery". Click 'New Antenna'.


klc

Our pal JJ on 6 meters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBTzytgDFXM

6 meters open right now (1:40 PM EDT) as I type; Sporadic E opening looks like centered over lower Michigan. Good reach in all directions for at least single or multi-hop contacts. MUF up to 59 MHz. Good opening last night too.

http://www.vhfdx.info/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=50&ML=M&Map=NA&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N

As I type, 5:45 PM, 6 is open to from middle Atlantic up to VO1 and VO2 land, and into Greenland.

At midnight, 6 meters is still open. East coast, Central states working into Mountain states, and West coast. Mountain states and West coast also working into Hawaii. Even 10 meters still has some activity.

That sounded like W1JJ, not K1JJ. Is W1JJ famous or infamous?

...............Larry

It is W1JJ. Steve has a lot of friends and likes to share them.
Here's W1JJ on another diddle diddle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEo_I6f7ndI&feature=related

6 meters is still open from last night. It's single and multi-hop stuff East coast to West coast.

6 meters is still open and "YO", it's a VHF contest weekend. Lots of stations playing radio.

6M has been open all over Europe. Now it looks like maybe propagation between central U. S. and Europe. Get those radios turned on.