YesBut it's funny because other people seem to be able to tune the antenna on 6.Oh well, I'm in the process of making a 6m vertical dipole. 73 Tom
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> Date: 2017-06-22 4:08 PM (GMT-05:00) To: tomb18 <tom...@videotron.ca> Cc: Raymond Sills <raysil...@verizon.net>, elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW) It's probably pretty narrow-banded. Did you try tapping ATU TUNE a second time within five seconds? The tuner tries about twice as many settings when you do that. 73, Wayne N6KR. ----http://www.elecraft.com On Jun 22, 2017, at 1:06 PM, tomb18 <tom...@videotron.ca> wrote: BiHmmm, not my minibeam...a cushceaft ma5b.. Can't tune that at 6mTomva2fsq.com Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> Date: 2017-06-22 3:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Raymond Sills <raysil...@verizon.net> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW) If you have a K3, K3S, or KX3, with the built-in auto tuner, then any antenna is a 6 m antenna :-) Wayne N6KR ---- http://www.elecraft.com > On Jun 22, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Raymond Sills <raysil...@verizon.net> wrote: > > That's telling me that six meters could be a valuable band during Field Day. > Consider having at least a dipole antenna that can to put into service. If > the E-clouds are active, participants could pick up quite a few points in a > band that has lots of room. The "skip" moves around a lot, but FD QSOs are > short, so it could be a very productive band. And you don't need power.. QRP > is often as good as QRO. > > > 73 de Ray > K2ULR > KX3 #211 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Thu, Jun 22, 2017 1:11 pm > Subject: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW) > > Just had a quick QSO with K7CW in CN87, and I’m hearing a strong beacon from > Kansas. DXmaps.com has red all over :)At times like this it pays to jump on 6 > meters. > 73,WayneN6KR______________________________________________________________Elecraft > mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: > http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.netThis > list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: > http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to raysil...@verizon.net > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@elecraft.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 tom...@videotron.ca ______________________________________________________________ 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
