Sorry, Willis, but the beacons are operated in a narrow range of
frequencies well below the normal CW DX frequencies of 50.080-50.100MHz.
From Ecuador I heard many beacons from South and Central America, the
Caribbean and the US, and none of them were anywhere near my operating
frequency of 50.097MHz. Roughly 2/3 of my QSOs were CW and the remainder
SSB so the statement "there is very little CW" is absolutely untrue.
Jack, W6NF/VE4SNA
On 2/26/2014 10:45 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote:
Phil, 6 meters is vacant most of the time except for locals. When it is good,
it is mostly E skip with occasional F skip. Some of us who have more than 200
countries on all bands except 160 and 6 like it for the challenge, but figure
on a lot of tuning for an occasional opening. There is very little CW, but
there is some around 50.090 to 50.095. Most of the CW band is clobbered by
beacons when the band is open. A large portion of the stations on 6 meters
have Technician operators who do not do code often. If you find yourself
tuning 10 meters during the sun spot nulls, you will find 6 meters much like
that during the sun spot peaks. A four or five element beam will make 6 meters
look like 10 with a dipole or a vertical when the band is open. Most QSOs will
not even exchange names, just grid codes and usually don't even bother with 59.
In spite of all this, I still like it and operate it some. It is much more
interesting to me than
RTTY or PSK and one of the few CW stations you hear there will be K5EWJ. So
if the lower bands bore you and Digital bores you even more, then maybe 6
meters is your game.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________
From: Phil Hystad <[email protected]>
To: elecraft <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:08 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...
I have seen some comments recently about six meters and I have never operated
six meters. I don't really have a descent antenna for six meters, just my
80-meter (ladder line fed) dipole or my hex beam that I can at least tune to
six meters.
The band is always dead quiet with the small exception of some noise spikes
here and there but very rare.
Question: is there any activity for six meters that I should invest in a nice
multi-element 6 meter bean antenna?
My most dominant operating mode would be CW but maybe some SSB from time to
time. I have no idea what's there as this band has always been blank to me.
73, phil, K7PEH
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