[Elecraft] 6 meters Newbie

[W8JH]

I checked the Rx ant. again today, that's not the problem.

 

I have the 80m loop tuned for 6m on ANT 1 and the 6m dipole on ANT 2 with no
luck despite trying to listen when I see lots of spots on for 6m.

 

I know what you are talking about regarding beams etc.  I worked Italy from
my car on a FT100 and an ATAS antenna.

 

Thanks for the thought Joe, I was glad to meet you at Dayton this year and
tell you how much your stuff on the reflector (along with Don, W8JI etc.)
has been a help to me.  No doubt I will get this sorted out eventually.

 

73,

 

Joe  W8JH

 

From: Joe Subich, W4TV-4 [via Elecraft]
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Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 12:00 PM
To: W8JH
Subject: Re: 6 meters Newbie

 


> Anything I could have screwed up on the rig to make 6m a dead band? 
> No problems noted on any other band. 

Do you have the RX Ant selected (or ANT 2 if you have the KANT3 
installed)?   Antenna/Receive antenna status is stored per band 
so you might have the wrong antenna selected on just one band. 

My K3 is certainly sensitive enough - without the PR-6 - that I 
can hear/work some of the stronger DX (55 countries in the band) 
on a HF windom (since that's my only antenna that will take power 
on six).  The noise about needing a beam on six meters does a 
big disservice to anyone who wants to try the band. 

73, 

    ... Joe, W4TV 

On 7/2/2010 9:01 AM, W8JH wrote: 


> 
> I have not had ANY luck on 6 meters with K3 # 1713.  I had been listening 
> with my 80m horizontal loop, which my Palstar BT-1500 tunes to a flat SWR
on 
> 6m.  Nothing heard over a full year.  Since I still couldn't hear anything
I 
> built a 6m dipole a couple days ago and still no luck. 
> 
> I can hear continuous carriers sometimes but nothing else.  I routinely 
> check DX spots sent by hams near me (Ohio by Lake Erie) and have no luck. 
> 
> I do use the internal preamp.  Carriers on the 80m loop are louder than on

> the 6m dipole.  I had the subreceiver installed last year by Elecraft
(about 
> 6 weeks turnaround) and did not notice any difference.  Unfortunately I 
> thought 6m was a dead band or my antenna was the problem at the time so I 
> didn't think to ask Elecraft to check it out while they had the rig. 
> 
> Anything I could have screwed up on the rig to make 6m a dead band?  No 
> problems noted on any other band. 
> 
> Joe- another 6m newbie 

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