Last Sunday, I was chatting to John, ZS6JON on 20m. We had a nice long chat, and he told me that I should get a 6m antenna here in Zambia, because I'd be very popular.
Well, last night I had a great opening on 10m to the USA, and was on the air on 10m till about 19:15 UTC.
John had suggested that he usually puts his 6m rig on 50.110, and monitors that for openings.
After the last 10m QSO I decided to put the radio there, even though I only have an 80 - 10m Off Centre Fed Dipole, up about 12m, fed with RG58.
Imagine my surprise when I heard 9A2AA calling CQ the minute I tuned to 50.110!!
Well, to cut a story about a lot of fun short, I worked 88 QSO's with 14 different DXCC countries. Quite a few stations worked me on SSB and CW.
Stations sound "different" on 6m to me... I assume that's due to the different propogation encountered on that band.
At 20:40, as if someone flipped a switch, the band went quiet, and I went to bed.
This is fun! I'll really have to get a REAL 6m antenna. I better start hunting for a small yagi I can transport easily up here.
73
Chris
Well, last night I had a great opening on 10m to the USA, and was on the air on 10m till about 19:15 UTC.
John had suggested that he usually puts his 6m rig on 50.110, and monitors that for openings.
After the last 10m QSO I decided to put the radio there, even though I only have an 80 - 10m Off Centre Fed Dipole, up about 12m, fed with RG58.
Imagine my surprise when I heard 9A2AA calling CQ the minute I tuned to 50.110!!
Well, to cut a story about a lot of fun short, I worked 88 QSO's with 14 different DXCC countries. Quite a few stations worked me on SSB and CW.
Stations sound "different" on 6m to me... I assume that's due to the different propogation encountered on that band.
At 20:40, as if someone flipped a switch, the band went quiet, and I went to bed.
This is fun! I'll really have to get a REAL 6m antenna. I better start hunting for a small yagi I can transport easily up here.
73
Chris
