A very stormy weekend and some inside work in the basement gave Me incentive to at least monitor and maybe participate in this Years June VHF contest. Conditions for the weekend were not spectacular but I managed to hear a small opening on 6m Sunday and added a few QSO's to the total.
I also snagged a few locals on 6,2 and 432. Participation did seem to be less than previous years so that was too bad but because of the little activity , I'm happy to report I finished My projects! Wahoo!!!
It's also interesting to note my choice of antenna for 6m-- using My 10m beam and tuner. Not great but passable. At the very end of the contest I happened to try tuning My actual 5 element 6m beam at 50 feet and lo and behold-- less than 2:1!!!
Wow-- this antenna has been out of commission for several years with high SWR and no one to climb and repair! Oh well-- maybe some e-skip this summer and I'll give it another try.
Not a great number of QSO's-- really needed a good long 6m opening!
73---Tim
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