The low pass filter! Why didn't I think of that! I don't have my K3 yet but I did the 6 meter mod for my Butternut vertical and built a 3E yagi for 6 to be reay for K3 6M operation and was wondering why I had to plug the coax straight to the IC-706 bypassing my antenna switch and tuner to get a decent SWR.. The low pass filter is history - I had fogotten the thing was there attached to the back of the shack desk.
Bill NZ0T Ken Kopp-3 wrote: > > There have been some good sporadic-E openings on 6M recently, with > some double-hop skip contacts to the east from here in Montana. > > Don't have a 6M antenna? Virtually anything will work when the band's > "open", so try the K3's tuner on any antenna you have. I've been doing > well with a 1/4 wave vertical at 30', but a 5-el NBS yagi will go up @ > 75' today. (:-)) > > A word of caution ... if you've had a low-pass filter hidden away in > your > antenna system for so long that you've forgotten it ... most won't pass > 6M > and you could end up chasing an SWR phantom. (:-) > > Not familiar with 6M? Many/most SSB/CW contacts are on 50.125 USB. > The CW-upon-key-closure feature is useful here. > > Now, if Elecraft will make the coming 6M pre-amp available soon .... > (:-) > > 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3%27s-on-6M-tp668793p669553.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
