[bars] Winter Field Day 6 Bands

[Tim/K1DC]

I can prob. give you a Q on 6 and _maybe_ 432.  I haven't tried my 432 
antenna since the 'Christmas Tree' incident.

Tim/K1DC

On 1/23/2026 4:52 PM, Christopher Lennon via bars wrote:
> I am going to make a stab at Winter Field Day tomorrow.  My friend Jim 
> (some of you may remember from field day) is going to do it with me.  
> We will be operating out of my parents-in-law's house in Bedford.  We 
> are going to make an attempt to claim the 6 Bands multiplier.  I don't 
> have an antenna for 160 and 80, and 60, 30, 17 and 12 are not 
> allowed.  I need 3 contacts on each band, and I believe they have to 
> be WFD stations.  I should have no problem with getting four bands out 
> of 40, 20, 15 and 10.  So, my only chance is VHF and UHF.  I only have 
> handheld 5W radios in those bands.  No repeaters allowed. I thought I 
> would periodically call out on the simplex calling freqs to see if 
> anyone else is in my predicament.
>
> It occurs to me that there might be others on this list with a similar 
> challenge.  Anyone out there within range of 5W simplex UHF/VHF to 
> Bedford doing Winter Field Day?
>
> You can use repeaters to arrange a call, so I will also try a shout on 
> W1DC and WB1GOF.
>
> Chris
> W2BPL
>
> Sent from my phone.
>
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