Hi Pat and all,
Wow, yall, these storries are awesome!
Now that yall are talking about 6 meters, is there an ht that will let me work 6 meters?
That'd be sweet to sit here in my apartment and work all those openings on 6!
Trippy, ac8s
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: PATRICK GORMLEY 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:54 PM
  Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!


  I can remember a field day when we swapped cables on the 6 meter antenna and 
  all of a sudden we were working cuba, south america, louisiana, texas 
  minnesota, Manitoba and then 2 meters opened up and we worked up and down 
  the coast from Maine to North Carolina and then both bands shut up rapidly. 
  I made 60 contacts in an hour on 6 and another 40 on 2 meters.  73- pat kk3f
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "John J. Jacques" <[log in to unmask]>
  To: <[log in to unmask]>
  Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 11:35 PM
  Subject: Re: It's Sporadic E time, Folks!


  > Hi all, I can still remember shortly after getting my Technition ticket
  > in 1971, I got on 6 meter A M, with a Lafayette HA460, wich put out about
  > 8 watts, from a 2E26 with 20 watts input.  I experienced my first band
  > opening with that rig and a 6 meter haylow at about 20 feet.  From my QTH
  > in Detroit, I worked W4BAV, Kathy in Sarasota Florida!  I don't remember
  > any of the other contacts I made, but I will never forget that one!
  > GRIN!
  >
  > 73:
  > J.
  > John Jacques
  > Amateur Radio Station: KD8PC
  > "Where Cat Is,  Is Civilization!"
  >