[Elecraft] 6 meters is open

[Wes Stewart]

When I partially migrated from HF to VHF in the 70's I jumped over six, went to 
2M and got involved in MS, Tropo and EME, hence I was never interested in 6M and 
never built any equipment for the band.  But, since I had acquired a K3, but no 
amp or tuner, I connected to my 80-meter inverted-vee and listened a bit during 
Field Day 2009.  I heard a local numbskull on top of a nearby 9,500 ASL mountain 
working Es stations on 50.125 without QSY.

In disgust I started tuning down into the DX window.  At 50.123+ I heard a weak 
CW CQ.  When he stood by, I gave him a call.  I probably had no more than a few 
watts into the dipole but he answered. It was JL8GFB!  In the log at 0014Z.  
Over an hour later, at 0122Z I heard and worked JA7WSZ on 50.096.  The local was 
still CQing and the band was open to JA but no one seemed to know.

Wes  N7WS



On 6/6/2017 9:56 AM, Josh wrote:
> Chris,
>
> What you're describing has always been proper operating etiquette.
>
> However, they're referring to actually moving the calling freq up from 125. The problem is that 125 is the top edge of DX window. You get a strong local using SSB in 125 and it's too close to very weak DX.
>
> 73,
> Josh W6XU
>