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Thanks to all that answered. Just one more reason to get that General
ticket.
John KC2QJB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fowle" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: 6 Meter Activity
> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi John,
> Yes this is very normal.
>
> six meters exists as close above the typical "MUF" maximum usable
> frequency' as any ham band. this is the highest frequency at
> which radio waves bounce off the ionasphere. Yes simplified
> quite a bit.
>
> so as the sunspot cycles change, as they do all the time,when the
> "MUF" rises, 6 becomes a long skip band, and otherwise it can be
> very dead indeed unless there is consistant local activity like 2
> meters.
>
> some times you can work long D.X. with low power, but very often
> it's very local.
>
> 73s
> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
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