Hi, Folks. Great to hear this discussion. Turns out my Ultralight
Junior tunes up on this portion of 6 meters; might as well avoid FM
for now, which necessitates a dedicated 6-meter dipole, which I have,
but need helping hands to put it up.
Will give 6 a try tonight or over the weekend. Additional
ideas/advice appreciated.--Matt, N1IBB.
At 11:41 AM 5/29/2015 -0500, you wrote:
>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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