6m DX results ES-season 2020

Although I concentrated on the 4m band for contacts and DX this season, the 6m band was open very often. When there was nothing to be heard on 4m I was on 6m (always keeping an eye on KST-chat and the DX cluster for 4m propagation). There are some HAMs in the Netherlands that have worked and confirmed over 200 DXCC on the 6m band, but most of them were already DXing there in the eighties of last century I think. From what I heard and read propagation was really good those years and worldwide contacts could be made. I really didn't experience anything else as ES (single hop or multihop), MS and Tropo propagation on 6m. So it is still a big challenge to get 100 DXCC anyway. At the moment I'm at 83 DXCC on the 6m band after this season. 17 to go for 100...will it take a few seasons or another 10 years? This is about the new DXCC I worked on 6m this year...

I was really late this season. The PE75FREE activation in May consumed all radio time. I've been thinking about mounting the 5 element 6m ZX-Yagi into the tower again but plans changed when the idea of a duoband beam came up. Well you know the story by now and otherwise you need to check the archives of this blog.

First real DX was with UN7ZO (Kazakhstan) on the 16th of June. Confused about the call on the QSL? Well it seems Dmitriy just changed his callsign...











Next day on the 17th of June I worked ZB2IF (Gibraltar) for a new one. I never heard or seen stations from Gibraltar on 6m before, I wonder why? But now I got one in the log.

OD5KU (Lebanon) was worked at the 21st of June. Heard him many days after the QSO. Evidence of a good station and active operator. And good propagation to the middle east of course...










ZA5G (Albania) worked on the same day a half hour later. New one for me on 6m.

The 21st of June was my DX lucky day since I worked C31CT (Andorra) another 6m new one.










First transatalantic DX of the season was made with PZ5RA (Suriname) at 30 June. Wrote a blogpost about it and am very happy with this contact. It proves the antenna is working well.

The transatlantic path opened more often now and a the 2nd of July I worked PV8DX and PV8AZ (Brazil). I found this QSL on the QRZ page of PV8AZ. I think  the stations know each other well, they are in the same QTH Boa Vista.
WP4G (Puerto Rico) was worked on this day as well, not a new one though...








In the morning of the 4th of July I worked 7Z1SJ (Saudi Arabia) for a 6m new one. I remember I saw him, worked him and never saw him again. It has to be a lucky propagation lift at that moment.

On the 9th of July I worked JW7QIA (Svalbard) early in the evening. Wrote a blogpost about it. Wish I could work him on 4m as well. Hopefully that will happen another year...










And finally the last new one on 6m was a fast contact with the digimode FT4. I was just lucky to work HB0WR (Liechtenstein) in the morning of the 26th of July.

The above station are the most interesting for me personally. But besides that I worked a few other interesting DX stations. To name a few: FG8OJ (Guadeloupe), W4TAA, W2PKY, K4CVL and many more from USA, JA1GAP, JH4IFF and JA5EXW (Japan), 4Z5LA (Israel), UN3GX (Kazakhstan), HZ1SK (Saudi Arabia)

Yes, it certainly was a interesting ES-season!