[50mhz] 1st 6m Contact

[Christopher Boone]

Ray Friess wrote:
> A Ringo???      FANTASTIC!!!   Now I'm getting stoked.....
> I was just given a Ringo for 6 and I have it up at about 20 feet.....
> I'll have to try AM and CW though......  have an OLD Ameco 6n2 rig with an
> HQ 170 receiver....
>     Am I going to talk to anyone?????

If you want to wait for a band opening, what you have will work.....
if you want to work someone within a few hundred miles without a band 
opening, you may need a higher antenna BUT a HORIZONTAL antenna mostly!
When the band opens, it doesnt matter...but when the band is not open, 
running the same polarization MATTERS....the difference is 20db or 100:1 
difference in power....(if you are running a 100watts into a vertical, 
you could do the same with 1 watt into a horiz dipole on non skywave 
contacts! keep that in mind) Verticals are the choice for FM use  but 
AM/SSB/CW is primarily horiz on VHF bands...including 6.

Gud luck and look forward to working you on the band.

Chris
WB5ITT

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