[50mhz] 6 meter newbe

[Lance Collister]

FireBrick wrote:
> I managed to get my used icom706mkIIg set up.
> I have the 6 meter elements on my Sommer yagi, (nested to 40' right 
> now due to winds).
>
> I see the cluster spots but I've only really heard one station, about 
> 10 miles away.
>
> I do hear noise come up to s7, but nothing intelligible as a signal
> listening 50.125 and .135 USB but so far just buzzes and noise.
> Both the rig and an outboard swr bridge indicate a pretty good match.
> Also have a VL1000 inline but so far just ran barefoot.
>
> I'm still reading this manual and trying to figure out this rig.
> A little confused that when I 'set' the filters, that I got the cw 
> filter with cw and the narrow ssb filter with ssb.
>
> 40 + years of hamming, and first time on 6 meters.
>
>
>
>
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Well, the band is open right now in much of the midwest!  The best 
suggestion is to watch the 6m chat pages to see when the band is 
opening, and watch where the mid-points of existing QSO's move, to gauge 
if/when you might get an opening.  The Es clouds typically move WNW at a 
couple hundred miles an hour and (unless they dissipate) you can watch 
the direction of the contact change as the clouds move.  GL and welcome 
to 6m!  73, Lance

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Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8)
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