I got back into the hobby 2 1/2 months ago. I have been on 6 meters almost exclusively during that time, running my K3S at 95 watts to a 6 element quad at 40 feet. During this time, the band has been open to somewhere practically every day. In this time, I have worked 40 states and 26 countries. The QTH is in fn42.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 22, 2016, at 9:32 AM, Gary Smith <g...@ka1j.com> wrote: > > I've made exactly five 6M contacts in the last 36 years, all of them > a couple months ago during Field Day with my K3s. It piqued my > interest as I have DXCC from 160 through 10 & this would offer a new > challenge. > > I discovered DXEngineering has a 3 element, 6M add on that attaches > to a tribander and gives decent gain. Considering my tribander is > roof mounted on a ranch, I won't have a great antenna for 6 no matter > how I slice it. Still, if there is something worthwhile I can do with > 6M, I should. > > So my question is for those who have operated 6M for years and know > how the band works during the lows of the sunspot cycle; is it like > 17 & up where any DX openings are unobtanium, or does 6M behave > differently at sunspot lows and DX openings are common? > > Thanks & 73, > > Gary > KA1J > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to jstengrev...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
