[Elecraft] K3's on 6M

[Ken Kopp]

There have been some good sporadic-E openings on 6M recently, with
some double-hop skip contacts to the east from here in Montana.

Don't have a 6M antenna?  Virtually anything will work when the band's
"open", so try the K3's tuner on any antenna you have.  I've been doing
well with a 1/4 wave vertical at 30', but a 5-el NBS yagi will go up @
75' today. (:-))

A word of caution ... if you've had a low-pass filter hidden away in 
your
antenna system for so long that you've forgotten it ... most won't pass 
6M
and you could end up chasing an SWR phantom. (:-)

Not familiar with 6M? Many/most SSB/CW contacts are on 50.125 USB.
The CW-upon-key-closure feature is useful here.

Now, if Elecraft will make the coming 6M pre-amp available soon .... 
(:-)

73!  Ken Kopp - K0PP
ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net
or
k0pp at arrl.net