[Elecraft] 6 meters - need info (OT?)

[Simon Lewis]

And much more.....

Don't forget 

Aurora

Auroral E

Ionoscatter

F2

And mixed mode!



6 is HIGHLY addictive!!!

>From GM I ran 2 x 7 ele long yagis and 400w and regularly used to work
100-150 + US stns during F2 openings!

Many using dipoles and 100w inside rooms!

I am small fry - 138 countries on the band but many of the big guys are 200
countries+

And you can work some real DX - JA/VK etc

In terms of openings - SpE can be kind of hit and miss but many opening such
as F2, Au, AuE, Iono etc you can predict with some skills on the band.

Best place to see what is happening is on the UK six metre pages UKSMG 

Have fun but be warned its very addictive and once tried you wont want to
give it up!!!!

73 Simon GM4PLM/DL4PLM




Simon Lewis 
GM4PLM/DL4PLM
http://www.dl4plm.net


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robie Elms
Sent: Donnerstag, 27. September 2007 15:24
To: Darwin, Keith; elecraft at 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 it. 
Chasing grid squares is a lot of fun.  You have several interesting 
propagation modes on 6.

Meteor scatter

sproadic e

tropospheric ducting

All of these produce some significant openings.  The apparent randomness of 
the openings is why 6 is refered to as the "Magic Band" (IMHO).   I have 
worked into europe with a dipole and 100 watts (cw & ssb) from EL29lm 
(Houston, TX) as well as 38 states!

Good luck,

Robie - AJ4F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com>
To: <elecraft at 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 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 sunspot low.  I'm assuming the 
> successful 6 meter operator has to be watching propagation and has to 
> pick their operating time.  I assume it is a hit or miss band and that 
> you don't have any fun up there unless you put in the time and happen 
> to catch it when it is open.  I'm assuming the same effort put into to 
> 10 meters would produce more QSOs.
>
> Like I say, I know NOTHING.  Someone please educate me.  If you're 
> reply is long, e-mail me off-list since this topic is mostly OT.
>
> keith.darwin (dit-dah  dah) goodrich.com
>
> 73!
>
> - Keith N1AS -
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