[SixClub] 6m Tropo

[kd4e]

Well then you won't be surprised that I have
a Multi-Elmac AF-68A/PMR-8 station that includes
6M and a Gonset Commander II/PMR-8 that also
includes 6M.

I had thought of modifying one or both for DSB
but then stumbled upon a different plan - take
an existing dual-6146 deck and a 6L6 modulator
final and strap them together in a DBS format.

I will use the AF-68 and Commander as Exciters.

I believe that I can control the carrier level
so when contacting SSB stations I can back off
the carrier and on AM raise it a bit.

So there, another eccentric Ham!  ;-)

I have not messed with 2M or 440 more than for
FM comms.  I do have a 10w In/160W Out CW-FM-SSB
2m amp for sale if you know anyone looking ...
hint, hint!

BTW:  Have you tried SSTV or DSSTV on 6M?  It
might be fun to try 6M DSSTV DX when you spot
a DTV opening.

> Hi doc:
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> OK - I am signed up for reflectors galore so let me see if I can change 
> the world!
> I'll post tropo openings this Spring and Summer and see if I can attract 
> some interest.
> 
> I have an interesting perspective. I am a long-time TV FM DXer and have 
> been in broadcast engineering since 1968.
> Tropo has always been a huge thing for me. I live just north of NYC and 
> sometimes reach all the way down the
> Atlantic seaboard to NC, SC and beyond even with DTV. I also have a 
> place in Michigan and the summers provide the most amazing tropo you 
> ever want to experience. 2m repeaters don't often use PLs out there - 
> and when you key up the local repeater you'll also key up 12 more 
> repeaters on the same pair within 500 miles of where you are. It's amazing!
> 
> I also often use NOAA wetaheradio stations as propagation beacons. Very 
> useful!
> 
> I'll get on the Internet lists and advertise that I am 'screaming for 
> squares.'
> (It's a new game show that I host on 6 meters.)
> 
> I like reviving discarded fourth-owner disgruntled unloved equipment to 
> do amazing things.
> An 80 milliwatt QSO on CW is my idea of a party. (I don't get out much.)
> My well-loved Yaesu FT-690RII should give you an idea.
> I'm using it with it's optional 10 watt linear.
> I began my career on 6m using a large Japanese HT that offered CW.
> With just a whip antenna, I was working stations like crazy. Magic band, 
> indeed!
> 
> Thanks again for the suggestion - a very good one!
> 
> Karl Zuk  N2KZ
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  > Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:41:30 -0500
>  > From: doc at kd4e.com
>  > To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
>  > Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6m Tropo
>  >
>  > Do the dx-spotting services send out notices of
>  > 6M tropo?
>  >
>  > I don't recall.
>  >
>  > I have my DX-70TH on a too-low delta loop too
>  > close to a metal building and a TV antenna ...
>  > temporary problem ... but sure would try to
>  > listen if home and aware of any kind of opening.
>  >
>  > > I am working towards a VUCC using only a 10 watt Yaesu
>  > > FT-690RII in FN31 in New York, USA. I see a great deal of
>  > > excitement when Es or F2 comes in. When we have huge
>  > > tropo. lifts I often can not raise one station. Why do 6m
>  > > ops disregard tropo? Is it because they find better
>  > > signal strengths on 2m and 70cm? I need more grid squares
>  > > and tropo activity would certainly help. Thanks for
>  > > listening! Comments welcomed. Karl Zuk N2KZ
>  >
>  > --
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>  > .Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
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