[Elecraft] 6 meters is open

[Bill Johnson]

I had a serious conversation with wife yesterday.  She says she cannot trust me for spending.  I explained, if you don't want to have the conversation, won't consider what I love, fine end of conversation.  I will do what I want.  Therefore, you can trust me to do what I love to do.  Just like before we got married: in bachelor pad, my kitchen table had a Gonset Sidewinder and other ham related stuff.  I had to push it off to the side to use the table.  Then we got married.  Then I continued interest in the hobby after we left the next apartment and 1st home and moved to the second.  I kept 2 meter mobile to that point, but I had a tech license and 2 meter FM was super active.  To answer her objections:  what didn't you understand that I have been licensed from 1960 and had the equipment on my kitchen table in the apartment and when you married me you would think I would give up the hobby?  I think she is very close to giving up her objections after 43 years.  :-)

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Clay Autery
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 4:02 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters is open

Sweet!  See what I am missing because I only have one HF radio?  Can't get Momma to understand this....  I "need" a KX3 and a KX2 to go with my K3s...  One in the shack, one in the truck, and one for backpacking and/or backup when I send them in for updates y'all won't let me do.  :-D

??...  How do you make a 1000-watt QSO with 8-watts out on a dipole? 
I've been looking for that very loophole in the laws of physics ALL MY LIFE!  ;-) Building a tri-band 6m/2m/70cm vertical dipole....  Trying to figure out how to build in ability to rotate from vert to horizontal so I can use the same antenna on SSB, etc..  Maybe I'll just grab a multi-element 6m quad and put it up, too.

73,

______________________
Clay Autery, KY5G
MONTAC Enterprises
(318) 518-1389

On 6/5/2017 1:54 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Just made a couple of 1000-watt QSOs around 50.125 (SSB and CW). Not exactly exotic DX, but not bad for 8 watts and a dipole at 25 feet.
>
> If you haven’t tried 6 meters before, now would be a good time :)   See dxmaps.com for updated propagation info. You can set up an account to generate alerts via email.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR

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