[Elecraft] Is it just me or is 6 meters hotter than usual?

[Wayne Burdick]

I’m pretty new to 6 meters. I was expecting very limited activity. But now that I have an alert set up on dxmaps.com, I’m finding there are multiple openings every day. There’s an opening right now that includes the west coast.

Is the propagation better than usual for July?

Unfortunately my antennas for 6 aren’t all that great, and the local noise level is high, so I’ve been making use of every tool in the K3S toolbox (IF NB, DSP NB, NR, AFX, narrow filters, diversity, and CW-in-SSB). I’m considering taking the rig mobile to an RF-quiet location in the Bay Area next time there’s an opening. I have my eye out for a portable 6-meter beam.

Now know what they mean by “magic band." Give it a whirl....

73,
Wayne
N6KR