Ed, I am like you and don't think this year is unusual. I believe that the interest in FT8 & JT65 has a lot more hams on the air and we are seeing a better picture of propagation. I also think the modern rigs are better & that are easier to get on 6 meters is a factor!
Robie - AJ4F > On Jul 29, 2017, at 20:09, KD7PY <emoss98...@msn.com> wrote: > > I have been on 6 meters since '63 and have seen a lot of up and down of band > conditions in different years, but don't believe this year is anything > special. the really good years is when the sun spot cycle really gets hot, > world wide openings, this year for us up in the pacific northwest the band > openings are below what we have in the past. > What has everyone fired up is WSJT-X FT8 everyone seems to be trying it > out on 6 meters, it will decode sigs way below the threshold of the human > ear. > this year I was able to put in the log BA4SI ( china ) using FT8.. just a > 5 el beam and the KPA500, some of the local big guns have been putting > europe in the log. > I have worked a few HF'ers that put up a dipole for 6 just to try out the > band. > > FWIF Ed KD7py > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Is-it-just-me-or-is-6-meters-hotter-than-usual-tp7632818p7632838.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rule...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
