my first contact

[w5lda]

Wow! #just made my first contact on 6 meters to w4wrl in S.carolina.He was contesting so i just gave it a try with the yaesu 857d and a diamond tri-band vertical.
This stuff is addicting.I am near Tulsa Okla.Looks like i'm gonna put up a loop real soon

Larry kd5vsg

[k5ahh]

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Congratulations on the first 6 meter contact, Larry! Yeah, it can be very fun when there is a band opening, otherwise, with a modest setup, "local" contacts of 200 miles or more are quite common. I got my 6 meter loop from a guy in Tulsa that makes them. If you would like info. about these loops just email me. Good luck with 6. You will enjoy it.
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif You mentioned you have an FT-857, was your contact on SSB or FM? C ya.

[w5lda]

Hi Adam,,contact was on ssb on 50.125 call freq.
You must be talking about Howard wb5jio who makes some of the best 6meter and 2 meter loop antennas
in north america.He's gonna have to part with another
one seems like

Larry kd5vsg

[k5ahh]

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Hey, Larry. Yeah, good ole Howard. I've got his (well, mine now! ) 6 meter loop, 2 meter square loop, and 70cm square loop. There was a 2 meter band opening a few weeks ago and I was in southeast Oklahoma visiting family, and I had the 2 meter loop inside my mom's house about 7 feet off of the ground, and talked to Hemphill, TX, about 190 miles away. That was pretty neat. Another time, I was mobile in Antlers, Oklahoma, and I talked with NØLIE just over the Kansas border. Not too bad. I almost never have the antenna on the car though http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif The radio I use is an FT-100. My power supply is not here, but maybe we will chat on the air sometime.

[w5lda]

I already have the 2m halo on the truck and people at work ask me if i have a tv in there.All i can say is
nope it ain't for a tv.I also talk to George n0lie in liberty kansas occasionally as he and Howard are pretty good friends.If you want to try 2m ssb,just let me know when and where,prefferably after 2:30 pm.At home i use a
kw ts790a with a cushcraft 148-20t dual polarity 10
element and a diamond v2000 tri-band. In the truck
i have the yaesu ft857d with the 2m loop and a diamond cr627b tri-band vertical.

Larry kd5vsg

[wa8rti]

In 1965 I homebrewed a 15 watt AM 6 meter transmitter and built a Heathkit 6 meter converter to go ahead on my Drake 2-B receiver. I put up a 5 element 6 meter beam at about 35 ft. That year and into 1966, 6 meters was hot from my QTH in eastern Ohio. Worked stations all across the south and southwest. Worked one guy in Georgia who was running a Heathkit 6er (about 3/4 watt output) into a dipole and he was 59 + . I think it was the most fun I've ever had as a ham. Ray

[W0LC]

That it is Larry. 6 meters offers the magic of VHF and HF rolled into one band!
I worked a good number of individuals with verticals, rotatable dipoles, dipoles, loops, halos, etc. yesterday as the band was open!

6 meters is very addicitive and one thing, no one worries about license class either! We just have fun!

[KD5VHZ]

Congrats Larry and welcome to the magic band. #It looks like this summer is going to be a good one for the band if last weekend is any indication. #You are following the same progression that I did a year ago, tri band vert to a loop (and later to a small beam). #I don't think you can go wrong with one of Howard's loops and even after you put up a beam you'll find you need the loop to listen for openings (and often to talk off of while you swing the beam). #You might want to check out a nice 6 meter chat / spotting site www.dxers.info

Doug KD5VHZ

[w5lda]

A small band opening right now but not enough of an opening for anyone to hear me on the vertical,and for some reason i am now tearing up my son's stereo upstairs

Larry kd5vsg