[SixClub] Frequ.

[Trent Fleming]

Hey Doc,

Your best bet is SSB for six meters (USB).  I have a loop (KU4AB) up
about 20 feet, and with 8 watts from my ten tec transverter, I have
worked AZ and into Canada in the Northeast, from here in EM55 (West
TN)  Most guys who are serious use a beam, but even a small one will
really help things.  If all you have is a vertical, by all means try
it!  When 6 is open, it is OPEN.  This is the best time of the year,
for what is called Sporadic E openings, just listen between 50.125 and
50.150.  I just tune around and try to work what I hear, you know?
LOTS of fun when the band is open.

6 is also subject to F2 propagation during sunspot cycle peaks, so it
acts like a VHF and an HF band . . .

There is a lot more, don't want to bore you, but I hope you'll get 6m
fever.  For the next couple of months, there should be 3 or 4 good
openings every week!

By the way, the 10 meter Radio Shack rig you sold me has been great!
I've worked almost 20 states already with it, using a simple dipole.

73, and good DX,

Trent
KG4ZDM

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:33 PM, kd4e <doc at kd4e.com> wrote:
> Do you monitor in CW, FM, AM, or SSB, please?
>
> Is most everyone on a vertical or dipole or beam
> when monitoring?
>
>> I find the best to be 50.110 - 50.125 - 50.175. & 50.200 I also just
>>  spin up and down from 50.110 to 50.200 when I have the time to set
>> in front of the radio, most of the time in the shack when I am on the
>> email etc, is 50.125
>>
>> 73's earl VE7PTP #1893 CO-83
>
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Trent Fleming

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