Field Day weekend of 1976, the upper HF bands and 6 meters went 
completely crazy.

Fifteen and ten meters were open for the entire weekend, and 6 
probably was too.

After we had drained all of the contacts possible from 40 meters at 
about daylight on Sunday, the person in charge let another guy and me 
fire up a Swan 250 and 3 elements at 30 feet on 6 meters. He did that, 
I think, mainly to shut us up about wanting to work 6 meters at Field 
Day. Almost everybody there would laugh at the mere thought of that 
band scoring any points at all. Of course, they had never operated it 
in the first place, so they were the authority.

Within an hour of moving from 40 meters to 6 meters, we were the ones 
laughing. Before Field Day ended, we had worked 44 states, and 
everything in Canada accept what was then called the Northwest 
Territory.

The only time I had more fun was when I worked Fargo North Dakota from 
Mississippi on 146.520 FM simplex one night back in 1987.




Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs