Mostly using my KT34XA, which acts like a dipole on 6 meters but does tune
up, I have worked as far as Guadaloupe, Bermuda, Canary Islands, the
Maritime Provinces, California and Idaho. I know, based on local activity,
that stations using beams will work and hear stuff I have no hope of
working. Nevertheless, one-hop and sometimes double-hop sporadic-E skip is
doable.
So I may work one of you sometime if I happen to be listening at the right
time. This is all CW and SSB, not FM. When the band is open, polarization
really doesn't matter. When signals bounce off the ionosphere, their
polarization is constantly changing.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Arthur
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 5:14 PM
To: Lloyd Rasmussen
Subject: Re: six meters
Hi Lloyd and all, your discription is right.
I hope we can work on six some time.
Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: six meters
> I'm sure that NM80 wouldn't be right. The M and the 7 in EM17 indicate
> that
> you are between 27 and 28 degrees north. The E indicates that you are
> between 80 and 100 degrees west, and the 1 says that you are between 96
> and
> 98 degrees west. People don't use all 6 characters unless they are
> working
> in the microwave range, or perhaps for some specific contests. Typical
> exchange is the four-character grid square. Perhaps I'll work one of you
> on
> 6 meters some day.
> 73,
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD FM19
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Shaffer
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 10:55 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fw: six meters
>
> Well maybe my grid is em17. QRZ.com shows em17iq along with nm80tk. Not
> sure about this, but I should probably get it right before making more
> qsos.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Shaffer
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 9:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: six meters
>
> I checked out 6 meter cw, and worked NC, fm04, from NM80, Pflugerville,
> TX.
> I think that grid is right. I used my latitude/longitude with the grid
> mapper by QRZ.com, and got nm80tk. I'm new to this grid thing, so hope
> that's right.
> --
> Jim, KE5AL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Arthur
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 8:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: six meters
>
> Hi all,
> I just saw our first E skip opening of the season from here in =
> Minnesota.
> from en33 worked Em80 in Fl.
> Also el98 in Fl.
> so watch six meters.
> Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
>
>
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