[50mhz] A question for 52.525 FMers ONLY... Follow-up

[K4OWR]

:::: My advice......
Do NOT go on six meters with anything less than a few element horizontal 
beam. They're not large at all, and you can build one in a few hours if 
needed. Put it on your garage, put it on your house, put it on a pole, 
but try to get it up about 25'.
Too many people get on six meters with an omnidirectional antenna, or 
some other minimal thingy and then make things even worse by sitting and 
monitoring the FM simplex frequency. Then they come away thinking that 
the band is all about the nonsense I've seen written here the last few days.
SSB is where its at.
Monitor 50.125....use your squelch if you want. On most radios it works 
on SSB just fine.
In the next month or so you will hear amazing things if you keep at it. 
Often the band opens for hours and hours to specific parts of the 
country, and if you're timing is right, you'll work another country!
I run 2KW to a gigantic beam up 100', and let me tell you I run into 
dozens of stations using 10 watts, small antennas, sometimes inside of 
their attic, and when the band is open they work loads of stuff. 
/*Almost nobody works anybody on 52.525 FM.*/
*To repeat, don't waste your time hoping to see any of the magic on this 
fabulous band if you don't put up even a tiny beam and listen on 50.125
*Good luck, and I hope you enjoy this incredible band as much as I have 
for 55 years!
BILL K4OWR
*
*
On 4/12/2012 1:46 PM, Steve Grimes wrote:
> Wow, I never realized...  I'm new to 6m with a Par omni OA-50 (triangular
> shaped dipole) to my FT-450AT.  I am hoping to get some good contacts this
> spring and summer.  I have a 40m OCF at 32 feet.  I'm going to have to
> mount my antenna on the tower underneath it.  Giving it about 8 feet
> clearance so the dipoles won't interact (hopefully) with each other, that
> would put it about 20 feet in the air.  Does the group have an opinion on
> how I might do in terms of getting my signal out?  Also, any other
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Ed Zeranski<edzeranski at cox.net>  wrote:
>
>>   Don't forget about 6AM also (50.400) and 6 PSK (50.290). Working someone
>> in
>> other modes is
>> as exciting as working a new grid or new state. Listen for a signal and
>> jump in.
>> Mike Fisher  N3VOP (FM19)
>>
>>   A few years ago I picked up several 8.4MHz xtals for 50.4 AM with my old
>> rigs ( Gonsets, HiBander, etc) hoping a couple of local guys would want to
>> start an AM net on 6 but there weren't any takers. My Ranger is hooked up
>> with a 6N2/6N2 VFO and HQ-170A/VHF, backed up by a Seneca and SB-301 with
>> converters. Will get back on PSK when a new laptop shows up...old one died
>> after years on the road.
>>
>> EdZ KG6UTS
>> QTH DM12jr
>> alt-QTH DM13tf
>>
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