I Love to work 6 meter AM.It's pretty Easy with the ICOM 7600 & the ICOM PW-1 with the M2 6M5X yagi at 55 ft.
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6 Meters is OPEN
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I turned rig off at 11:00 PM EDST was still hearing 5's to SW de Ind.
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8 States worked this morning on 6m SSB... MA/CT/TN/MN/FLA x3 / VA/OH/NY ...missed station in KS an another in NH (damn) GM ALL 6m Radio Fun
Ive never seen 6 open. I've heard about 6 being open. I've talked to guys that love it when 6 is open. They sell equipment for 6. I've got and had equipment for 6.
Where the hell is 6 at when I got time
Where the hell is 6 at when I got time
Gary,
What antenna are you using for 6 meters?
I am like nfsus. I never hear 6 meters open.
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Right off I'll say poo on you. Poo poo poo. I never hear nothin. Now seriously, congrats.
I use a ocfd, not a windom, that's supposed to be 6 to 80. Tuned on 6 pretty well. I've listened on a wire, on an 11m groundplane and both nothin. I do have a 6m steel whip I've considered. Also my tarheel does 6m but I've not tried the steel whip nor the tarheel.
I use a ocfd, not a windom, that's supposed to be 6 to 80. Tuned on 6 pretty well. I've listened on a wire, on an 11m groundplane and both nothin. I do have a 6m steel whip I've considered. Also my tarheel does 6m but I've not tried the steel whip nor the tarheel.
Mobile,100 to 150 miles common (good condx)...
I have worked from around INDY to S. of Lexington, KY...to Dayton, Oh...nr. Cincinatti, Oh. ...Danville, IL from East of Indy etc.
One Note: a simple 5/8th's wave 2-meter mobile antenna, will tune as a quarter wave on 6m
Great for FM/ 52.525 calling freq.My mobile antenna is equal to a 3/4 wave Center fed vertical...works FB on 6m. A Squalo or HALO is better still for SSB.
6M HO LOOP, 50.0-50.3 MHz
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Building A Full-Wave Quad Loop Antenna for 6 Meters - Barron County Amateur Radio Association
This is an easy antenna to build and the materials cost about $15-20. It exhibits 1.8dB gain over a 1/2-wave dipole. Using an open-wire parallel feedline (commonly called “ladder line”) with an antenna tuner, it tunes up on the 10m band as a 5/8-wave loop as well. The loop is also much...
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