I can't speak for E.M.E operations, but from over 60 years of experience on 6M, I can tell you that super sensitive receiver performance is NOT a pre-requisite to working LOTS of DX of 50 MHz. When the band is open, either via E or F2 propagation, signals are usually very "loud".
The only "weak" signals are those at the initial start and end of the opening. I remember working a station in Alaska from here in Virginia on SSB, who was running 10 watts to a balcony mounted Saturn-6 halo, barely 10 feet off the ground ! He was +10 dB over S nine for over an hour. SO, don't fret over whether your noise figure is 0.5 dB or 2.5 dB, any decent modern radio will hear just fine. 73, Charlie k3ICH >160 countries confirmed on 6M on SSB & CW ONLY, no PSK-31, FT-8' etc. ______________________________________________________________ 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
