[WVDXA] Weird conditions on 6m

[Dave Heil]

Philip M. Roberts wrote:
> It was a lot of fun as usual, but had some strange conditions here. It 
> seems that my stacked loops were hearing better than the beam at times.
> 
> So, I used two rigs. My JST245 had the loops and my Mark V with the 
> FTV1000 xverter had the 6 element beam. When one would be hearing 
> signals the other rig would be hearing nothing. The loops worked XE3N, 
> XE1KK, and XE2WWW power was 150 Watts pep.
> 
> The beam worked best at 350 mile range.
> 
> We had a power outage Saturday evening and friends visiting so I missed 
> Saturday night. I also suffered a bad fall and Karen had to help me up 
> and suggested I get to bed and rest. I was one sore and stiff dude 
> Sunday morning, but I managed to go to church and almost fell there. So 
> I will seek medical help. My legs just give way and I go down for the count.
> 
> I never heard any of the WVDXA gang!
> 
> DX worked:
> 
> HI3
> XE
> CO
> VE
> VP9
> XE3N in Cancun was my best DX
> 
> I got several new GRIDS.
> 
> Phil   W8UV

A little peculiar indeed, Phil.

I couldn't make my pal Wayne K8LEE hear me, though I called and called. 
     Clark was having a little trouble with me when we chewed the rag on 
SSB Saturday night.  My "DX" consisted of:

VE
XE (several)
CO
KP4

I had good runs into 5-land on Saturday and into 4 and 5-land on Sunday.
I never had any serious intentions and CT tells me that I had a whopping 
3.4 hours on the air.  116 QSOs with 6m SSB getting a slight edge over CW.

73,

Dave K8MN