This relates to my consideration of purchasing a K3.
I know NOTHING about 6 meters. I'm an HF op who does CW and some SSB.
What I believe about 6 meters comes from my (limited) experience on 10
meters. I'm expecting that 6 is mostly closed but has occasional
openings, provided you're not at a
Keith, I think your assumptions are pretty close to the mark. 6 is
mostly closed except during the summer months when there are
occasional sporadic-E openings giving 59++ contacts over distances up
to 1,000 miles (sometimes more, with double-hop) even when using low
power. As the name suggests,
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Subject: [Elecraft] 6 meters - need info (OT?)
This relates to my consideration of purchasing a K3.
I know NOTHING about 6 meters. I'm an HF op who does CW and some SSB.
What I believe about 6 meters comes from my (limited) experience on 10
meters. I'm expecting that 6
There is nothing like working Europe on 6M when such an opening
results here in New England. I will likely always have 6M capability
in the shack, it is a fun band. There can be openings in the
Winter-time but they are much, much more rare than the summer time.
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JT Croteau, N1ESE -
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From: Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 7:14 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] 6 meters - need info (OT?)
This relates to my consideration of purchasing a K3.
I know NOTHING about 6 meters. I'm an HF op who does CW
To get an idea of when 6M may be open, keep an eye on
TV channel 2 or 3.
My satellite receiver feeds the house distribution system
on Ch 3 and there's sometimes enough signal from distant
Ch 3 TV stations to QRM the satellite receiver's output.
Switching to Ch 2 usually shows dueling TV
: Donnerstag, 27. September 2007 15:24
To: Darwin, Keith; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters - need info (OT?)
WARNING! 6 meters is addicitive! Once you work an E opening you will be
hooked for life.
You have received a lot of good info on 6 already. I will not repeat
Don't forget, we have a 6M Sprint coming up on October 20th.
http://svhfs.org/fall_sprint_rules.htm
Activity is historically sparse for this contest, only 17 logs were
submitted in 2006. However, that's no excuse to not get on the air
and make some noise. I'll be on with my puny 20W from the
Julian G4ILO wrote:
Regular openings like you get on the lower bands
obviously are, but the MUF is rarely high enough to support 6m
propagation even during the solar maximum,
The biggest recorded solar maximum in history occurred in 1957. A friend
of mine had built a little
Ken Kopp wrote:
Six tends to peak near the Spring and Fall equinox because
of the earth's tilting towards the sun at these times.
Probably a typo, but should be corrected. :-) 6M sporadic-E propagation
peaks around the SOLSTICES (June and December), not the equinoxes. There is
rarely ever
Six meters is VERY addictive. I started back in the late 60's with a
Lafayette 1-watt AM transceiver (HA-650), and worked all over the country
and even down into South America with just a squalo antenna on my Dad's
chimney in MD when the band would open. Now I just use a 6-meter dipole,
and I
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:16 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters - need info (OT?)
Ken Kopp wrote:
Six tends to peak near the Spring and Fall equinox because
of the earth's tilting towards the sun at these times.
Probably a typo, but should be corrected
A link to a ton of 6 meter stuff
http://6mt.com/6tech.htm
George NE2I
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