1996 June VHF Contest from W5KFT EM00st
Limited Multi-Op
50 1160 267
144 64 17
222 6 4
432 16 6
total 1246 294 = 372,792
Ops: KY5N, N5RZ and WB5VZL
6m Yaesu FT-650, Henry 3006 (8877) 1500w
6/6 ele Cushcraft 34' booms @ 38'/18' bottom fixed NE
5 ele Cushcraft 17' boom @ 140'
6 ele Hy-Gain fixed towards W6 @ 35'
2m Yaesu FT-736, HB 4cx250 pair (700 watts) 13b2 @ 60'
222 Yeasu FT-736, 150 Brick, 15 ele Cushcraft @ 40'
432 Kenwood TS-930/MMT432 Xverter 100 Brick, Hy-Gain 31 ele yagi @ 60'
6m Rates
18z 119 00z 43 11z 3 17z 55 23z 97
19z 25 01z 38 12z 4 18z 82 00z 92
20z 9 02z 38 13z 5 19z 34 01z 59
21z 51 03z 31 14z 41 20z 25 02z 62
22z 87 04z 14 15z 25 21z 11
23z 27 05z 1 16z 53 22z 29
10 Most worked grids on 6m
EM79 - 33 FM19 - 21
EN91 - 32 EN62 - 19
EN52 - 30 EN61 - 19
EN82 - 24 EM78 - 16
EM48 - 22 EN34 - 16 Many more with 15 qsos.
Every year I look forward to the ARRL june VHF contest because
the E-skip on 6m is so much fun. This year proved to be
the most amazing conditions I have ever heard. The band never
closed, we never had those hours of endless unanswered CQs - is
was like we were on 10m or 20m instead of 6.
On saturday we did not work a single station to
the west - it was all east. Sunday gave us an opening
to the west and that was great but the opening to the
east just never stopped. Our grid map has one very big
blacked out area between 100 deg. long. and 74 deg. long..
These are the conditions I have dreamed about I am glad
I didn't miss them.
The high bands were very poor and at times we wondered if we would
ever work Dallas again (a 200 mi path). We never heard any
2m Es.
Thanks for all of the QSOs and fun.
George
WB5VZL
geoiii@bga.com
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