[Elecraft] OT K3 on 6m

[nz0t]

I don't have my K3 yet but in anticipation I built a 3 element beam that I
had mounted temporarily at only about 14 feet.  Using my IC-706 I heard and
worked a lot of stations Friday night and on Sunday. This was my first
action on 6M in over 26 years on the air.  I'm really looking forward to
getting the beam mounted above my tribander at about 48 feet and having the
K3 ready to use on 6M.


wb8yqj wrote:
> 
> Friday night after work I took some list member advice
> and put an antenna up for K3 on 6 meters.
> 
> It was a contest weekend so I figured there would be
> lots of people around the band. 
> 
> In 30 years I had never gotten around to 6 meters.
> 
> Friday night I heard - nothing.
> 
> Saturday morning I heard a few locals that I had seen
> at club meetings but always thought they were
> "inactive".
> 
> The were clustered at 50.125 most of the morning
> asking each other if the other one was hearing
> anything. ??? ;-)
> 
> I thought "so THIS is what they do?" !!!
> 
> Checking the band off and on around TV, etc. then
> Sunday afternoon I started hearing the other guys
> working stations on SSB, then some good CW rolling in.
> 
> The opening was from Seattle down the coastline to San
> Diego, with a Colorado station thrown in for good
> measure. The ground plane on the roof (6m cut down
> from 10m) was up to the task, and K3 - fabulous. I
> don't have a 6m wattmeter or tuner, but K3 provided
> the SWR and power out for me.
> 
> Also interesting was that I was hearing very little if
> anything on 10m while 6m was open. Maybe nobody was
> there? Seems to me MUF still governs sporadic E. 
> 
> Lots of fun, hope to do some more. 
> 
> Also this weekend, added a small section for LP-PAN to
> the wiki. As always, feel free to contribute - please.
> !!!
> 
> http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/LP-PAN_and_LP-Bridge%2C_CW_Skimmer_and_PowerSDR
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6kmw4x
> 
> http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/K3_Wiki_at_ZeroBeat.NET
> 
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