It's probably pretty narrow-banded. Did you try tapping ATU TUNE a second time within five seconds? The tuner tries about twice as many settings when you do that.
73, Wayne N6KR. ---- http://www.elecraft.com > On Jun 22, 2017, at 1:06 PM, tomb18 <tom...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > Bi > Hmmm, not my minibeam...a cushceaft ma5b.. Can't tune that at 6m > Tom > va2fsq.com > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > Date: 2017-06-22 3:48 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Raymond Sills <raysil...@verizon.net> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW) > > If you have a K3, K3S, or KX3, with the built-in auto tuner, then any antenna > is a 6 m antenna :-) > > Wayne > N6KR > > > ---- > http://www.elecraft.com > > > On Jun 22, 2017, at 12:08 PM, Raymond Sills <raysil...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > > That's telling me that six meters could be a valuable band during Field > > Day. Consider having at least a dipole antenna that can to put into > > service. If the E-clouds are active, participants could pick up quite a > > few points in a band that has lots of room. The "skip" moves around a lot, > > but FD QSOs are short, so it could be a very productive band. And you > > don't need power.. QRP is often as good as QRO. > > > > > > 73 de Ray > > K2ULR > > KX3 #211 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > > To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > Sent: Thu, Jun 22, 2017 1:11 pm > > Subject: [Elecraft] 6 meters open this morning; listening 50.095 (CW) > > > > Just had a quick QSO with K7CW in CN87, and I’m hearing a strong beacon > > from Kansas. DXmaps.com has red all over :)At times like this it pays to > > jump on 6 meters. > > 73,WayneN6KR______________________________________________________________Elecraft > > mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: > > http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.netThis > > list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: > > http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to raysil...@verizon.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 n...@elecraft.com > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 tom...@videotron.ca ______________________________________________________________ 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
