[Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW)

[tomb18]

YesBut it's funny because other people seem to be able to tune the antenna on 6.Oh well, I'm in the process of making a 6m vertical dipole. 73 Tom 


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-------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> Date: 2017-06-22  4:08 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: tomb18 <tomb18 at videotron.ca> Cc: Raymond Sills <raysills3 at verizon.net>, elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW) 
It's probably pretty narrow-banded. Did you try tapping ATU TUNE a second time within five seconds? The tuner tries about twice as many settings when you do that.

73,
Wayne
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On Jun 22, 2017, at 1:06 PM, tomb18 <tomb18 at videotron.ca> wrote:

BiHmmm, not my minibeam...a cushceaft ma5b.. Can't tune that at 6mTomva2fsq.com 


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-------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> Date: 2017-06-22  3:48 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Raymond Sills <raysills3 at verizon.net> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW) 
If you have a K3, K3S, or KX3, with the built-in auto tuner, then any antenna is a 6 m antenna :-)

Wayne 
N6KR


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> On Jun 22, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Raymond Sills <raysills3 at verizon.net> wrote:
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> That's telling me that six meters could be a valuable band during Field Day.  Consider having at least a dipole antenna that can to put into service.  If the E-clouds are active, participants could pick up quite a few points in a band that has lots of room.  The "skip" moves around a lot, but FD QSOs are short, so it could be a very productive band.  And you don't need power.. QRP is often as good as QRO.
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> 73 de Ray
> K2ULR
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> From: Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>
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> Subject: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW)
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> Just had a quick QSO with K7CW in CN87, and I’m hearing a strong beacon from Kansas. DXmaps.com has red all over :)At times like this it pays to jump on 6 meters. 73,WayneN6KR______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to raysills3 at verizon.net
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