[Elecraft] 6 meter openings and how to catch them

[Dave Cole (NK7Z)]

Wayne,

I have a script Perl that scrapes my DX cluster, (will work with any DX 
cluster), then announces when, and what bands are open, via an MP3 file 
played on my home PC, for each band, based on how many spots from zone 3 
are sent from DX stations to the cluster nets...  Works every time on 6 
meter openings...

73s and thanks,
Dave
NK7Z
https://www.nk7z.net

On 05/04/2018 10:53 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> For most of the year 6 meters seems catatonic, at least to those of us with mortal-scale antennas. But then there are times, like right now, where a magic mirror appears in the sky, capriciously reflecting signals all other place. It’s called “sporadic-E.”
> 
> When the magic is happening, even those with modest antennas, tuned for 6 meters or not, can get in on the fun. What I do is park my K3S or KX3 at 50.125 USB with the squelch turned on, in case someone starts calling CQ above the noise.
> 
> With both rigs, you can turn on “CW-in-SSB” mode in the CW WGHT menu entry, allowing you to either use SSB or CW as required. (A lot of cross-mode happens on this band since QSB--fading--can come up without warning, leading some ops to switch from SSB to CW to finish a QSO.)
> 
> A great tool that has been mentioned here before is dxmaps.com, which gives you a snapshot of activity on any band of your choice, or all bands, or certain subsets. You can sign up to get alerts emailed to you when a band of interest gets interesting.
> 
> I’ve had multiple alerts each of the past several days -- ’tis the season.
> 
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
> 
> 
> 
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