Re: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight
Be warned Vic, you might become addicted to working long haul DX on 6m! 73, Geoff GM4ESD (Seduced by 6m in 1956) Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com wrote on Saturday, May 09, 2009 11:14 PM I have a K3, an HF beam which shows a 2.5:1 SWR on 6 (tunable to 1:1, of course) and I've never had a 6 meter QSO in 53 years as a ham! __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight
THANKS JAMES. The new moxon is built and up at 30ft. or so. This should be a good test if it is working properly... cleve/W5CEM EM12??(gotta go find the last two) -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Put-your-K3-on-6M-tonight-tp2850314p2851182.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
Re: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight
Last year about this time, Duffy shamed me into building a 6 meter Moxon in anticipation of this sprint event. It wasn't really very hard to build, and it works great! I even took it up our 9000 ft. nearby mountain and operated as a rover. I'm sorely tempted to do the same thing again, since the temperature here in the desert right now is 100+, and it only takes about 45 minutes to get from my house to the top of Mt. Lemmon where it's considerably cooler. But my daughter is flying in shortly (it's Mother's Day tomorrow in case any of you forgot to buy something!), so I'll have to just operate from the house. Still, I can get the Moxon up about 25 feet, so maybe I'll hear something! So, keep an ear open for DM42! Dave W7AQK - Original Message - From: W5CEM cl...@dallassound.tv To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight THANKS JAMES. The new moxon is built and up at 30ft. or so. This should be a good test if it is working properly... cleve/W5CEM EM12??(gotta go find the last two) -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Put-your-K3-on-6M-tonight-tp2850314p2851182.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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight
I monitor 6m constantly while on low bands with the Second receiver in the K3. 73, Bill K9YEQ K2 #35; KX1 #35; K3 #1744; mini mods ATS-3B -Original Message- Subject: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight The 6M Spring Sprint is this evening, http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm While a dedicated 6M antenna is best, a simple dipole will work, some HF antennas will load OK on 6M. A 40M dipole will be near resonance on its 7th harmonic on 6M. Try the K3 tuner. If you have never been on 6M before, this is a good time to see how the band works, who is on, and pick up a few grids. I will be in DM66ff operating portable. Look for me. - Duffey -- KK6MC James Duffey Cedar Crest NM __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight
James Duffey wrote: The 6M Spring Sprint is this evening, http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm , so get that K3 on 6M and have some fun. the Sprint runs this evening from 2300Z May 9 to 0300Z May 10. You will need to exchange your grid square, a close approximation which you can find on QRZ.com. Any suggestions for the best frequency to listen for CW activity? I have a K3, an HF beam which shows a 2.5:1 SWR on 6 (tunable to 1:1, of course) and I've never had a 6 meter QSO in 53 years as a ham! -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Put your K3 on 6M tonight
It is still a little in advance of the usual start of the summer sporadic-E season, so it is unlikely (though possible) that 6 meters will be open anywhere tonight. (Strange timing for a 6-meter contest; don't really get it. Why not wait for a couple more weeks when the band is more likely to be open?) To answer your question, CW activity when the band is dead is usually right on the calling frequency 50.125. When the band is open, CW activity generally drops down to 50.100 and below. But don't expect to find anybody there if the band isn't open. 6 meters is a really fun band, but it won't be really fun until it starts to open on a regular basis in a couple more weeks. Don't judge it until then! Bill W5WVO Vic K2VCO wrote: James Duffey wrote: The 6M Spring Sprint is this evening, http://www.sysadnet.com/vhfsprintrules.htm , so get that K3 on 6M and have some fun. the Sprint runs this evening from 2300Z May 9 to 0300Z May 10. You will need to exchange your grid square, a close approximation which you can find on QRZ.com. Any suggestions for the best frequency to listen for CW activity? I have a K3, an HF beam which shows a 2.5:1 SWR on 6 (tunable to 1:1, of course) and I've never had a 6 meter QSO in 53 years as a ham! __ 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
