[WVDXA] JA'S on 6 Meters

[Greg Lee]

Charlie
I was beaming direct short path.......Greg, W8GG

 73,
GREG LEE, W8GG 
15290 HANNAN TRACE ROAD 
CROWN CITY, OHIO 45623 

PHONE: 740-256-1181 





----- Original Message ----
From: Charlie Young <weeksmgr at hotmail.com>
To: West Virginia DX Association <wvdxa at wvdxa.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:53:56 AM
Subject: Re: [WVDXA] JA'S on 6 Meters

Greg, congratulations on a super achievement.  Way to go not giving up and formulating a strategy on the fly that achieved success.  Your hilltop location obviously plays well, and it is just as obvious you are a great operator.  Were you beaming direct to JA, or was your antenna pointed on a skew path? 
 
For Clark W8TN, I don't know how your present hilltop QTH stacks up against previous locations where you have worked 6 meters, but having seen some of the HFTA results for your current site, perhaps your location is contributing a great deal.  
 
I bet Tim KC8UHE is excited, and rightfully so. Heck, I am excited to hear about all these JA's being heard and worked on 6M, and I have been a ham 46 years!  It amazes me that all this stuff is being worked on Es, I would never have expected that. 
 
73,  Charlie N8RR    


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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:07:05 -0700
From: w8gggreg at yahoo.com
To: wvdxa at wvdxa.org
Subject: [WVDXA] JA'S on 6 Meters



Am I pumped? YOU BET!!!! I had heard a JA earlier but didn't know it untill it was to late.......Let me explain.....I was tuning around the band and every once in a while I would jump back to 50115 where there was aJA spotted....Well i was tuning and jumped back to 50.115 to hear a station call QRZ, very strong, I thought that can'tb be a JA way to strong ...so decided not to dump my call in....Well after a little standby the station starts a cq dx for what seemed an eternity, then sent his call three times...you guessed it JA7QVI, if I remember it right......After the 3rd call he was gone not a peep. Man I was at an all low...I had it but it got away.........BUT NOW fOR THE REST OF THE STORY...I never gave up . I was tuning and heard JR2HCB call someone state side...it was K4QI in FM06, NC......WEll the K$ didn't give up his freq.....so I sat there a minute trying to decide which way to turn the knob.....up the band or down the band...........I
 decided UP THE BAND! 1.5khz......Started calling CQ DX JA called for a while and decided I had went the wrong way.....Was about to give up when BINGO there he was nice and loud and a no doubt QSO.......And yousay YOUR pumped.....I just wonder what this band is going to do in the next few years......The totals might be astronomical.......Greg, W8GG
 
BTW: my hill top location is available to anyone that wants to give it a try......I sure could use that CN8 and EA9 and ZB# thats been running around......Greg, W8GG
 73,
GREG LEE, W8GG 
15290 HANNAN TRACE ROAD 
CROWN CITY, OHIO 45623 

PHONE: 740-256-1181 



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