carpenter@nbs-vms (CARPENTER, ROBERT) (09/19/85)
Actually I can't answer the question about when, in the morning, the Gs have to go off 6-meters. As for transatlantic QSOs on six...... Yes there were quite a few contacts between New England and UK on six on July 2. One or two contacts were made from as far south as the Washington area. There was another opening (also Es) on 30 July. This was from Philadelphia on south, so we had a chance here in the DC area. I worked 6 Gs (including GJ3YHU). KB3QM in southern Delaware claims to have worked 30! The opening had weak but solid signals for at least an hour in this area. It moved down the coast to northern Florida eventually. See Bill's "World above 50 MHz" in October QST for more details. He also worked GW during this opening. These openings all started as soon as the Gs could fire up, and on the earlier one, at least, one of the Gs phoned this country before their legal starting time to alert the W gang that the band was open. Bob, W3OTC ------ ------