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VK6BE > 6METRE 23.02.11 11:21l 34 Lines 1543 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : A30125VK6BE
Read: GUEST
Subj: Re: This solar cycle is sick!
Path: IZ3LSV<F6CDD<JE7YGF<XE1FH<ON0BEL<VK2TGB<VK6ZRT
Sent: 110223/0905Z @:VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC #:64742 [Boyanup] $:A30125VK6BE
From: VK6BE@VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC
To : 6METRE@WW
They don't call SIX the magic band for nothing, Dave. Over the solar
downturn we are just recovering from I have worked KH6 (twice), T88, YB0
(twice), FK8, JA and heard the XE1 beacon but the operator was not at
home. All contacts except FK8 were on CW, SSB and FM were not possible.
Those were when the conditions were supposed to be very poor. You can
never tell with 6 metres.Just when you become disgusted by nothing doing
the band gives you a nice surprise.
In the 1958 peak in sunspot activity I worked about 500 JAs, and 9M2DQ in
Malaysia twice.I also heard VU2CQ but he did not tune the band and we were
all rock bound. Unfortunately at that time 6 metres was not available to
Europe, and most of Asia. Of course these contacts were eclipsed in a
later period of high sunspot activity when practically the whole world was
worked from some parts of Australia, including most states. By then Europe
and Asia had 6 metres.
During 6 metre E's opening over the past two years not only did VK6WG and
I worked most states but also VK1 and a VK2 on 6 and 2 metres creating an
Australian record.That was sporadic E.
Working of VK3 and VK5 on 2, 6 and 70 cm is very common now. It happens
every summer season.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
>Last year I worked a VK5 on 6 metres fm, using my vertical ant. He
was S9 +++ So I asked him was he holidaying somewhere close to me here.
But no, he was at home in VK5!
Doesn't happen that way with extraordinary sigs very much these days
though?>
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