Bill,
What are the characteristics of signals on 6 meters that are propagated
by sporadic-E? How would I recognize that s-E is in effect?
Richard
K5BWV
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Bill W5WVO wrote:
Don Rasmussen wrote:
Are there more sporadic E
Volatile signal levels - can be there for a few seconds to a few minutes or
even an hour. Signals you receive come more-or-less from roughly a single
direction (N, S, E, W).
A big advantage of the bandscope on the IC-7800 / IC-7700 - you suddenly see
the band coming to life.
Simon Brown,
Generally all very true! Except for when it isn't. :-) One of the things you
can depend on about 6m -- probably the only thing, actually -- is that it will
fool you. I've experienced 6m sporadic-E openings when signals were very
strong and rock-solid for hours on end, and coming in from
I've never been on 6. Never. My K3 will cover it so I'm gonna give it
a try.
What do I need for an antenna? Will a multi-band vertical like the
Hy-Gain AV-620 give good performance on 6 meters? Should I put up a 2
or 3 element yagi? I'm lazy and very busy so building something just
isn't
Start with a 5/8 vertical or a 2 or 3 ele yagi as you suggest, polarisation
can be all over the place.
Lots of SSB 50.1 - 50.2 and CW 50.08 - 50.1 (-ish).
Simon Brown, HB9DRV
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From: Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've never been on 6.
Darwin, Keith wrote:
I've never been on 6. Never. My K3 will cover it so I'm gonna give it
a try.
What do I need for an antenna?
A 3 element beam would be nice, but to start, a Squalo type antenna
(horizontal) will work just fine for Es openings.
Look at the KU4AB:
Also,
Keep an ear on 50.060 to 50.080 for the CW beacons. Last summer I
would park my radio on 50.062 to hear the W9DR beacon from Florida. If I
hear that, I can work anyone in Florida from Michigan.
k8tb
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For another view on 6 meters see:
http://www.kh2d.net/opinions/article.cfm?id=14
While somewhat tongue in cheek, there is a lot of truth to it.
You have to look at the joint probability of the band being open and you being
at your rig. For some, this joint probability approaches zero.
Keith,
You'll have much better success with a small yagi than with a vertical. A
three-element yagi (Cushcraft 3-element is cheap) will have wide enough a
beamwidth so you can get away (most of the time) without rotating it. At least
this will give you a taste of what it's like. :-)
90% of
Holtman
WB7SSN
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From: Simon Brown (HB9DRV) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 Meter Questions - OT
Start with a 5/8 vertical or a 2 or 3 ele yagi as you suggest,
polarisation can be all over
help a lot. I'm sure others have some good
suggestions for you.
Dave W7AQK
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From: Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] 6 Meter Questions - OT
I've never been on 6. Never
Brian Alsop wrote:
You have to look at the joint probability of the band being open and
you being at your rig. For some, this joint probability approaches
zero.
During the Es season, you will get plenty of openings if you're available
weekday evenings and/or weekends. Just leave the radio
As has already been said there does not seem to be any correlation between a
sloar cycle and the occurrence of sporadic E (Es) openings on 6m, certainly
at temperate latitudes. But something worth watching for during years of
high solar activity, especially around the time of an equinox, are
You don't need a whole lot antenna-wise to be able to work 6 meters when
sporadic E appears or even when we get F2 at a sunspot peak.
If you have an antenna tuner that covers 6 meters or can build a simple
tuner for 6 meters, just try out your HF antenna and see if it will load.
I have used
On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 05:45 -0700, Darwin, Keith wrote:
I've never been on 6. Never. My K3 will cover it so I'm gonna give it
a try.
I have 42 US states worked on 6m, including most of the west coast ones,
thing is that I am located in Ireland!
6m is a fun band
this is a good place to
Are there more sporadic E openings on 6 meters closer
to the sunspot cycle maximum?
How bad is a poor Summer for 6m CW SSB, and on
average how often does that happen as compared to a
decent Summer of stateside DX on 6 meters?
[Elecraft] K3 on 6 Meters
Bill W5WVO w5wvo at cybermesa.net
Tue
Mentioned is a sixth reason to my recent post of additional reasons
besides contesting for a 1.8 filter for SSB. Six Meter sporadic E
signals can be very, very loud and band conditions often change rapidly
so two stations very close to each can appear very suddenly through no
fault of their
Don Rasmussen wrote:
Are there more sporadic E openings on 6 meters closer
to the sunspot cycle maximum?
No. There has never been any credible evidence that the solar cycle affects
sporadic-E one way or the other. You can't prove a negative, but there is
certainly no observable correlation
Absolutely, Ed! This really should be understood clearly by 6m newbies with
only HF experience. Sporadic-E is different than F2 in two important ways:
1) Sporadic-E is localized and dynamic. The sporadic-E clouds, as they are
called, are sometimes quite small and localized. And they move,
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