6m Amp

Picked up a 6m 600W amp a year ago!  It was sold as working but didn't work and is in the process of being brought back to life by VE3RIP... me an HV don't get along.  

Below is the Amp...

Lightneing Maps and 6m

Had some local lightening out over Lake Huron.   It shows up on the spectrum as well as on lightening maps .  Its cool to correlate where the strike that I am observing with the radio.

Lightening Induced Sporadic E

Being heard in Oklahoma as a result of lightening induced sporadic E.  

Its not meteor scatter and its a very short lived path so I deduce that its probably lightening induced sporadic E.

Hat Trick

Thought this was unique ,  worked VK Land 3 consecutive times on 20, 30 and 40 meters all using the same antenna the 160m inverted L.

More Magic

Nothing quite like the 160 meter inverted L...once again my magic antenna. 

Been using 20 meter FT8 this morning.   The band is open towards the S. Pacifc and VK land ,  hit and miss but lots of good openings for a few minutes here and there,

Just worked ...

Used PSK reporter to see how my RX compares to others in NE NA....

I am not just a little bit higher in RX but 10-20 db better then most,  Clearly this antenna has great RX on 20m.   TX,  not so much but I get through,  my report to VK4FB was +8 ,  I got back -19...yeah propagation can go one way or the other better ,   so flicked.