[Elecraft] 6 meter openings and how to catch them

[Paul Van Dyke]

I was going to ask that too

Paul  KB9AVO

On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Robert Felmey <kc2vic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Is that script available somewhere on your website?
>
> Rob
> KC2VIC
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2018, 4:39 PM Dave Cole (NK7Z) <dave at nk7z.net> wrote:
>
> > 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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