I played a little field day from home  running battery power and 25 watts.
I've only recently gotten interested in vhf.  Since my HF mini beam  will
load on 6, I got a kick out of working J3 on ssb and J6 on ssb and  cw on 6
meters.   Also worked 2 meter ssb to  Conn.  Not sure the distance  from
Philly, but only using  a small beam  in the attic of a  1 story house,  so
I was pretty happy.

Have fun when the  openings  pop up.  Steve kw3a


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:23 PM
Subject: recent openings in the midwest


> Hi everyone, how have the band openings been in other areas of the
> country?  Over field day weekend they were great, and I am referring to
> the tropo ones that we have experienced in Michigan and Ohio.  Though I
> didn't get to participate in field day type things because of other
> comittments this weekend I did manage some long distance contacts with
> 2-meters!
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