When I partially migrated from HF to VHF in the 70's I jumped over six, went to
2M and got involved in MS, Tropo and EME, hence I was never interested in 6M and
never built any equipment for the band. But, since I had acquired a K3, but no
amp or tuner, I connected to my 80-meter inverted-vee and listened a bit during
Field Day 2009. I heard a local numbskull on top of a nearby 9,500 ASL mountain
working Es stations on 50.125 without QSY.
In disgust I started tuning down into the DX window. At 50.123+ I heard a weak
CW CQ. When he stood by, I gave him a call. I probably had no more than a few
watts into the dipole but he answered. It was JL8GFB! In the log at 0014Z.
Over an hour later, at 0122Z I heard and worked JA7WSZ on 50.096. The local was
still CQing and the band was open to JA but no one seemed to know.
Wes N7WS
On 6/6/2017 9:56 AM, Josh wrote:
Chris,
What you're describing has always been proper operating etiquette.
However, they're referring to actually moving the calling freq up from 125. The
problem is that 125 is the top edge of DX window. You get a strong local using
SSB in 125 and it's too close to very weak DX.
73,
Josh W6XU
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