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Matt Arthur <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 19 May 2014 08:07:53 -0500
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Hi Alan,
No problem i know how it goes.
Last night i was trying to talk with a friend in Ct.
People were breaking in trying to work me.
One even sed breaker 19 i couldn't believe it.
I hope that isn't how six meters is going to get.
Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: 6 meter opening


> Sorry that I didn't hear you Matt, but I had 3 or 4 guys calling me most 
> of
> the time.
>
> 73
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Matt Arthur
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:04 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 6 meter opening
>
> Hi Alan
> I did call you once but you didn't come back and then some power line 
> noise
> kicked up and so didn't try again.
> I am going to be huntting down power line noise this week.
> We will work soon for sure.
> Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:59 PM
> Subject: Re: 6 meter opening
>
>
>> Matt, you should have called me.  Don't worry about who else I was
>> working.
>> It would have been funto work you from Phoenix.
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>> Alan R. Downing
>> Phoenix, AZ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Matt Arthur
>> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:47 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: 6 meter opening
>>
>> Hi Al and all, Al i did hear you but you were working others.
>> Six has been open here all day from around 830 am and still a little and
>> it's 845 pm. Good luck to all on six it is alot of fun.
>> Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 6:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: 6 meter opening
>>
>>
>>> Jim, it is just about 4 PM as I type this.  Six has been open for at
>>> least
>>
>>> 5
>>> hours.  The opening isn't a world beater by any means, but it has lasted
>>> quite awhile, and it covers a large portion of the country.  I have
>>> worked
>>> quite a few states, and am getting very good signal reports.  With any
>>> luck,
>>> it will keep going for a while yet.  Six is a lot of fun when it is 
>>> open.
>>> I
>>> suspect that many guys miss openings as they generally don't have a
>>> totally
>>> separate station that can be left on 24/7, regardless of what other 
>>> bands
>>> they happen to be using.
>>>
>>> Good luck with yours Jim, and who knows, maybe we will run into each
>>> other
>>> on 50.125.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alan R. Downing
>>> Phoenix, AZ
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 3:44 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: 6 meter opening
>>>
>>> Mike, I just worked a 6 meter station in Arizona here, at 14:55
>>> local time, my first sort of long contact on 6 using a totally
>>> wrong antenna, a 10 through 20 pertical but it tuned up alright.
>>> Kind of a short opening, but guess it's the time of year for
>>> that.  Jim WA6EKS
>>>
>>>
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