Six Meters
Blessed is the DX that reciprocates via LoTW without renumeration…
I have tried to get into the habit of checking on 6 meters on a daily basis during E-season. There have been nice surprises though VUCC isn’t a passion for me. My total confirmed, unique grids on 6 meters is currently sitting at 90. It was 65 before this season began. My lack of productivity is mostly due to the highly directional propagation I’ve observed. Very often when working on the Magic Band I will contact a half dozen or more stations from the same grid square. Just a few days ago I checked in about my lunch time and there was a buzz of activity. I worked ten stations in very short order, every single one of them in EL29 (Houston, Texas) and one in Mexico. So add ten contacts to the log and get credit for a single new grid, EL06 in Mexico.
Working ten to earn one makes the effort a little longer game and given this season is quickly slipping away, it could be next year before I nail down VUCC on 50 MHz. I was hoping to get there this year, but I’m not complaining. I don’t have a cloud of stacked aluminum over my head. I’m working from the trenches and my expectations are low from the get-go and I’m not going to get above my raising.