Honestly, if you have a compromise antenna, CW's the way to go. I have a
sched with a friend on 20 CW every Monday morning. We start on CW, and if
conditions are good enough, try to move to SSB. We've found that unless the
CW signals are strong, we haven't a prayer of making it on SSB.
I worked many stations last night on 6 with my vertical around 50.093, CW.
--
Jim, ke5al
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Forst
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 9:35 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 6 meters
Matt,
I don't do a lot of 6 meters, but don't think I would spend much time
worrying about FM, unless there is some local activity that would
make the time and vertical antenna worth while. In the short term,
you may find that your HF dipole will tune up on 6 meters. Not
ideal, but I've done it here and made contacts.
Set a memory in your 480 to 50.125 SSB and check it from time to time,
or leave it there while doing other stuff in the shack. It's easy to
miss an opening. Also check below 50.100 for CW beacons. When they
start coming in, you know you have propagation somewhere.
Congrats on your latest DX on CW. There is a world-wide CW contest on
this weekend. Even if you aren't into contesting as an activity, there
will be a boatload of DX on the air (conditions permitting). All the
other station needs from you is 5NN and a consecutive serial number
starting with 001. You don't have to "be in the contest" to
participate, and you don't have to submit a log or anything like that.
Just work a few stations and maybe get some unusual DX in your
log. Also, anyone can work anyone in this contest, so if bands are
poor for DX, you can fill your log with US contacts.
73, Steve KW3A
On 5/29/2015 6:28 AM, Matthew Chao wrote:
> Wow! Sounds great. Am thinking of putting up a 6-meter
> dipole. Before I do that, I have a few questions about 6 meters:
>
> Which mode do you use the most on this band to get all those
> long-distance contacts?
>
> If you use FM to access repeaters, what are the splits, and what's
> the simplex freq for this band?
>
> Have never operated on 6, and now have the opportuniyt, given that I
> have a pretty roomy backyard and a good hams network of guys able to help.
>
> Thanks in advance.--Matt.
>
> P.S. Had my second DX contact via CW a week ago today. Spoke with
> I1MMR, Mauro in Genoa, Italy. Nice to have that general ticket and HF.
>
> At 02:31 AM 5/29/2015 -0700, you wrote:
>> I had a very good opening yesterday afternoon and evening. I worked a
>> bunch
>> of stations, including in Florida and Georgia. Nice opening.
>>
>>
>> Alan R. Downing
>> Phoenix, AZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Jim Shaffer
>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 7:00 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: 6 meters
>>
>> Had a good time. Worked about 25 stations, mostly in the Ohio River
>> valley
>> area.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Shaffer
>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 7:09 PM
>> To: blind hams
>> Subject: 6 meters
>>
>> open from east to west.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Shaffer
>> Pflugerville, TX
>> www.jjshaffer.net
>> www.pgramblers.com
>>
>>
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