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The sunroon "shack" is a pleasant diversion for this weekend. Worst part is night operating when the patio door opening that allows coax passthru also allows miller moths to turn this into a multiop shack..... |
K0BJ's 2-band "Death Array" at a breathtaking 10' AGL. I've gotta get that 90' tower up for next E season..... |
From the center of the US, June’s contest seems to have settled into a pattern– nice openings at start and finish with a couple in between, but the preponderance of propagation occurring to the west. The closing foray was a little weak this year; the cloud just wasn’t strong and not much fresh meat was around at that point.
Most welcome were the large number of cw stations this year, apparent low clouds that provided many all-time new, close-in grids for me both west and southeast, and fun eavesdropping on 2M. This was my first time on 2 and while I had just 3 Qs in 2 grids, I SWLed both sides of N0LL’s QSO (for an all-time new grid for Larry) with western CA on 2M Es.
Three bummers were hearing 7s working the Caribbean but no propagation here, hearing but not working W1XE 240 miles away on both bands, and spending an hour after a lunchtime thunderstorm tuning for signals ….any signals…..to finally discover openings are much more likely with an antenna connected.
6M 105 Qs 62 grids
2M 3 Qs 2 grids
69 SSB 39 CW DX VE/XE
6912 points SOLP
DM99 nw KS Thomas County
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