We'll have to try that band some time Tom. Friends and I are on there a lot
on the weekends. One of our gang divides his time between NJ and Cold Water
Michigan and he usually does pretty well on 60 using a G5RV. 73, Lou
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: The new 60 Meter Channels
> Colin and all:
>
>
>
> I just checked, and the internal tuner in my Ts590 tunes my Alpha Delta
> DXCC
> antenna on the four 60 meter frequencies that we can now use. Obviously,
> I
> have not checked it on 5.357, since we can't use that frequency until
> March
> 5.
>
>
>
> Nothing was heard on any frequency, at least so far today.
>
>
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: The new 60 Meter Channels
>
>
>> Mine tunes with the internal tuner on the carolina windom no problem.
>> So as john says, it depends on the antenna for sure.
>> Now weather my windom actually radiates much of anything on 5.3MHZ is
>> another matter entirely hi.
>> The ts2000 tuner will work on any frequency between 1.8 and 29.7MHZ as
>> long
>> as the swr is 3 to 1 or less...
>> I suspect if you have an antenna that works well on 30meters, then you
>> could
>> probably tune for 60M due to the harmonics...just like 80M, 40M, 20M and
>> 10M
>> etc.
>>
>> Personally, I've never heard a single voice transmission on the alocated
>> 60M
>> channels.
>> Perhaps now that the regs have been loosened a bit, more hams will give
>> it
>> a
>> shot.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BS
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "George" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: The new 60 Meter Channels
>>
>>
>>> the kennwood 2000 internal tunner will not tune 60 meaters. you need an
>>> external tunner. george wd8inw
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:44 AM
>>> Subject: Re: The new 60 Meter Channels
>>>
>>>
>>>> You need a tuner, I don't know if the internal tuner would handle that
>>>> much
>>>> of a mismatch.
>>
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