07/19/2009 | KA2ANF It was a great contest for me and a good time to try out the now famous 'painter-pole' 6 meter dipole antennas. 6 meters had some fun openings for sure!

I was able to work stations in the Midwest and down to the South from MN to KY, then into TN and TX, as well as covering some close-by in NJ PA and CT, just to name a few. All in all, I made lots of great contacts; I even got to work W5ZN's station in AR - a real BIG GUN sending a strong 59 ++ signal into NNJ.

I worked just 6M this go-round, operating an ICOM IC-7000 with its full output of 100 watts into the pictured dipole (see photo) and even got to enjoy some homemade pizza, done on the grill after it served is other role as the supporting base for the Dipole! I hope all enjoyed the contest as much as I did and hope to work all of you that I missed in the next one! -- KA2ANF