6-meter VUCC Achieved!

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The 6-meter 'bug' bit me back in the 2020 January VHF contest when I worked some FT8 contacts in the rover. Since then, I have studied the band, built some antennas, and prepared for the Sporadic-E season. It really ramped up in mid-April and I began to think that I could achieve VUCC on the band in pretty short order.

After only two months of operation, it happened! Thanks goes to KA9CFD, Jay, in Illinois for helping me get the final contact needed for 6m digital VUCC. We tried on MSK144 on the 28th of May but it was late in the day and it just didn't work. I got on again at 7:30 AM on the 29th and worked Jay with no prior coordination. He was sitting there looking for other contacts!

My next goal on 6m will be VUCC on phone and CW. The long-term goal will be earning the Fred Fish Memorial Award which is given for working all 488 Maidenhear grid squares in the 48 contiguous United States.

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