[50mhz] Just worked #50 on 6!

[Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO]

Hi Al,

I know John well, and yes, he worked 6M WAS on SSB, with perhaps a
smattering of CW. Just wanted you to understand the real percentages here:
Probably 98% of the activity on the 50 MHz band is USB, 50.1 through 50.3
MHz. There is also some (though not a lot of) CW activity, 50.1 MHz and
down, usually heard during widespread band openings. (I make probably 5% of
my 6M contacts on CW, and have worked a few grids that way that I never
heard on SSB.)

I have looked on 50.4 MHz for AM activity when the band was open, and though
I'm sure there must be AM activity there from time to time, I have never
heard any, even during extremely strong and widespread openings when there
were literally hundreds of stations being heard on SSB.

So the word is, obviously, if you want to have real fun on 6M, get an SSB
rig and put up a real 6M antenna (just a simple 10-ft dipole is a great
starter). You'll have a blast, especially during the summer and winter
months when the sporadic-E propagation happens.

Bill / W5WVO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schichler, Alfred" <ASchichler at microwavedata.com>
To: "'John Geiger'" <ne0p at lcisp.com>; <6meter at yahoogroups.com>;
<50mhz at mailman.qth.net>; <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:21 AM
Subject: RE: [50mhz] Just worked #50 on 6!


> What mode did you work most of the states on? I'm new to 6 meters, and am
> just getting familiar with the band.
> I recently acquired a Gonset G50, which is strictly AM, but so far, all I
> have heard was an FM repeater on around 53.3 MHz, but no AM. (Just a bunch
> of carriers, some with tones on them). I'm using a G5RV inverted vee for
an
> antenna, which probably isn't ideal, but it seems to work.
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: John Geiger [mailto:ne0p at lcisp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:29 AM
> To: 6meter at yahoogroups.com; 50mhz at mailman.qth.net; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
> Subject: [50mhz] Just worked #50 on 6!
>
> Just worked RI for state number 50 today on 6!  And it was kind of unusual
> how it happened.  I just happened to turn the radio on to see 6 open,
after
> having about given up on it for the summer.  I heard Mike, NH6CJ, who
lives
> about 2 miles west of me tell someone on .125 they were going to QSY to
> .150, so I tuned up there to find out who he was working.  I about fell
out
> of my seat when I heard the other station give him FN41, as Mike just
needs
> RI for state #50 also.  It turned out to be W1JJ, and I got him in the log
> about 5 minutes later also.  Even better, while I was calling Mick,
NOKE/VE3
> called me and gave me EN39 for another new grid.
>
> What a great day!
>
> 73s John NE0P
> EM04to
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