Being an HF DXer I'm down to one. 6 yr.s ago I'd tried 6m. A friend said load my TA 33 since I had no 6m antenna. Well I wrkd 25 countries with 100w & an HF tribander.Then I put up a 3 ele 6m & wrkd abt 60 countries. I've since put up a 5 ele 6m yagi with a larger one gg up this Spring. One of the reasons I got a KPA500 was 6m. I'm at 90 countries now from TN.
The band is open from late March thru August with quick openings anytime. Last week there were openings to KH6 & SA from Ca to Wa. The Gulf Coast guys are hearing SA most evenings now. The last two Winters we've had openings[ only 20-30 min.s] to the S Pacific. Mostly CW but sometimes SSB too.
Build a little 3 ele 6m yagi. It'll only be a 6' boom. Smaller than TV antennas. 6m is like 10m. When it's open antennas don't matter that much.
I've wrkd Japan 100s of times on HF but it was a rush to wrk Japan on 6m !!!!!!!!
In the QRN times of Summer 6m offers a gud break from HF. K9IL ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
