Re: [Flexradio] [Fwd: Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000]
I have casually been listening to 6m for the past few days off and on in between day job work that has consumed another weekend. The other evening, I fired up the FLEX-5000 on 6m using an 80m full wave loop tuned resonant to 6m with an antenna coupler (not a tuner). Most of the propagation was N-S as I worked a lot of VEs and New England. Then in a matter of minutes the propagation went E-W and the mid west was coming in. I routinely work a lot OK, TX, IA so this was not unusual. Then I see this blip on the Panadapter at 50.190. It was a K7. After one call I worked K7CW, my first double hop e-skip clear across the US from NC to Washington (FM05CN87) at a distance of +2500 miles with 100 watts. And this was without the benefit of a 6m directional antenna. I can only imagine what the pattern looks like coming off of the 80m loop :-) Ya gotta love this radio! -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken N9VV Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:03 PM To: FlexRadio Systems email reflector Subject: [Flexradio] [Fwd: Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000] I am forwarding this for Alan K2WS. Original Message Subject:Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:57 -0400 From: Alan Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Thursday afternoon I fired up the Flex 5000a - looking for 10 meter band openings. After working a few Southern stations on the FM Repeaters at 29.640/.540 and 29.680/.580 mHz, I thought I'd listen on 6 meters. SIX was open! and I could hear stations in the deep South - even on an F12 C31-XR tribander. I don't have a resonant antenna for 6 meters, but best results were obtained using the F12 240-N Magnum 40 meter 2 element array at 70ft- no kidding. Using the 240-N, the signal to noise was best and the SWR was under 1.5 : 1. I could hear the band noise increase when I switched in the 40 meter array! Like a new ham, I gave it a try. I worked: WD4JB in Miss.@ EM64 on 50.145mHz W4AVY in Ala. @ EM63 on 50.125mHz KI4ROF in Tenn @EM55 on 50.175mHz. The power out as indicated on a PowerMaster meter was 20 watts. This summer I'm planning on putting up arrays for 6, 2 and 23cm to work SSB/CW/AM etc ! Can't wait to see what kind of 6 meter performance the 5000 can produce - on real 6 meter ANTENNA! 73, Alan-K2WS- ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
[Flexradio] [Fwd: Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000]
I am forwarding this for Alan K2WS. Original Message Subject:Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:57 -0400 From: Alan Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Thursday afternoon I fired up the Flex 5000a - looking for 10 meter band openings. After working a few Southern stations on the FM Repeaters at 29.640/.540 and 29.680/.580 mHz, I thought I'd listen on 6 meters. SIX was open! and I could hear stations in the deep South - even on an F12 C31-XR tribander. I don't have a resonant antenna for 6 meters, but best results were obtained using the F12 240-N Magnum 40 meter 2 element array at 70ft- no kidding. Using the 240-N, the signal to noise was best and the SWR was under 1.5 : 1. I could hear the band noise increase when I switched in the 40 meter array! Like a new ham, I gave it a try. I worked: WD4JB in Miss.@ EM64 on 50.145mHz W4AVY in Ala. @ EM63 on 50.125mHz KI4ROF in Tenn @EM55 on 50.175mHz. The power out as indicated on a PowerMaster meter was 20 watts. This summer I'm planning on putting up arrays for 6, 2 and 23cm to work SSB/CW/AM etc ! Can't wait to see what kind of 6 meter performance the 5000 can produce - on real 6 meter ANTENNA! 73, Alan-K2WS- ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
Re: [Flexradio] [Fwd: Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000]
I'm impressed I have the 6 meter attachment for my Sommer yagi. I say tons of spots for 6 meter reports I could not hear a SINGLE station. Not one... I must live in a black hole. On 5/31/2008 8:03:02 PM, Ken N9VV ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I am forwarding this for Alan K2WS. Original Message Subject: Six meter band opening on the Flex 5000 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:57:57 -0400 From: Alan Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Thursday afternoon I fired up the Flex 5000a - looking for 10 meter band openings. After working a few Southern stations on the FM Repeaters at 29.640/.540 and 29.680/.580 mHz, I thought I'd listen on 6 meters. SIX was open! and I could hear stations in the deep South - even on an F12 C31-XR tribander. I don't have a resonant antenna for 6 meters, but best results were obtained using the F12 240-N Magnum 40 meter 2 element array at 70ft- no kidding. Using the 240-N, the signal to noise was best and the SWR was under 1.5 : 1. I could hear the band noise increase when I switched in the 40 meter array! Like a new ham, I gave it a try. I worked: WD4JB in Miss.@ EM64 on 50.145mHz W4AVY in Ala. @ EM63 on 50.125mHz KI4ROF in Tenn @EM55 on 50.175mHz. The power out as indicated on a PowerMaster meter was 20 watts. This summer I'm planning on putting up arrays for 6, 2 an ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
