[Elecraft] 6 meters Newbie

[Larry Godek]

I use both the VE7CC cluster and the VHFDX.net as well but the VHFDX.net page has some drawbacks.  Yes it does show you where the band is open to but those lines may be out of date, excessive time displayed.  I've made postings to it and came back half an hour later and they were still shown.  So that's where the DX cluster by VE7CC comes in.  You can quickly jump to that page and see what is actually happening on 6 whether in the USA, Europe, Africa, ASIA or wherever.  And you can also look at what's happening on 10, 2, 432 and others.  But, only if people are entering what they are hearing/working on the bands.  

By all means don't just trust the VHFDX.net display but do use the two together.  

You can "spot" what you hear and work on either of the two resource pages but if you spot a station on the VE7CC page it won't show up on the VHFDX.net page as a line from your qth (call sign displayed) to the station you either hear or worked.  But if you post the same info on the VHFDX.NET page, you will need to know your grid square, then it will show up on both VE7CC and VHFDX.net

Have fun.  It's a different world and lots of fun, especially when the band is up and running.

Larry
W0OGH
DM43ci


--- On Thu, 7/1/10, Donald Butler <n5lz at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Donald Butler <n5lz at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters Newbie
To: "Lee Buller" <k0wa at swbell.net>, "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 9:47 AM

Lee, DX Sherlock is great for keeping tabs on 6M openings:

http://www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=50&ML=M&Map=NA

great maps created from current posts ... worldwide info, etc.

Others may differ, but IMHO I think you're likely to need the PR6 if you 
become serious about 6M, and you may also want a P3..   I have two K3s, but 
always choose my 756ProIII when I get on 6M.  Right out of the box, with the 
same antenna, etc., it hears better than either of my K3s (which do not have 
PR6s)..... but I use the ProIII for other reasons, too (there's a KW amp 
behind it, and it has the built-in bandscope which is always helpful during 
6M openings).

Don, N5LZ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Buller" <k0wa at swbell.net>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:28 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] 6 meters Newbie



Just got up my three element 6 meter beam at about 25 feet. I know it is not 
high. Could someone tell me a good web site to access to learn more about 6 
meters? Watch for openings? Etc. Also, is the pre-amp a good investment if I 
am going to do more 6 meters>
Lee - K0WA

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