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Had a great field day this year. Was running the 2/6 meter station. Worked a nice pileup on 6. Made a few on 2. And other club members operated and made even more contacts on those bands.
Here's a short video of the event. I'll post some pics separately...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if1NE4j3N00
There was a big 6M opening last year during the event. I couldn't work much due to the fact that the only 50MHz antenna up in the air at the moment is vertically polarized.
This year...the bands were so "meh" that I didn't work any of it. Had a friend visit Saturday afternoon, showed her what all the hubbub was about then we went hiking. Would have been nice to get a few contacts in the log with a guest op at the mic.
6 was touchy for us in SW MI. We had a 12 minute blast of "WOW OMG IT'S OPEN!!!!" to the east coast. Then nothing. And then it became a hunt and peck operation for a while. I was remoted back to my home station for the panadapter so I could see what was happening. In the evening the band opened to Florida and west through to Texas.Quote:
Originally Posted by N8YX
Sunday was dicey. But one of my favorite hams got on and tore it up on CW.