Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.

Main 6M skip via sporadic E propagation (Es) is during the months of June
and July
Nearly 80% of the yearly totals of Es propagation take place from May
through August, with maximums occurring in June or July with June being the
more common.

A lower but significant occurrence takes place in the months of November and
December. March usually exhibits a definite minimum of Es. However, Es can
occur on any day of the year and these are termed off-peak openings.

During last year's summer months from here in So Cal, I worked 48 US states
(got Alaska and Hawaii, Need KY and AR). Some double hop openings had the
band wall to wall with SSB (and some FM and CW) signals from all over the
USA and some Caribbean

Last month (November) there were some Es openings to the NW USA from So
Calif

You can use the telnet Packet cluster to follow openings on 6M, URL:

http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/cluster.html

Just type in SH/DX/21 50

That is show last 21 spots for 50 MHz

You might take a look at AC6V's DX101x which now covers 6M.

http://ac6v.com/DXSAMPLE.htm

Also Ken Neubeck, WB2AMU, has written the guide to the "Magic Band" --
available at World Radio Magazine URL:

http://www.wr6wr.com/

Be aware that unlike the HF bands, except for local contacts, the six meter
band can be closed for long periods of time, so listening and tuning on 6M
can be an exercise in futility.

There are ways however to snag the openings -- covered nicely in the above
books.

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Caveat Lecter



"James" wrote in message
...
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.

Main 6M skip via sporadic E propagation (Es) is during the months of June
and July
Nearly 80% of the yearly totals of Es propagation take place from May
through August, with maximums occurring in June or July with June being the
more common.

A lower but significant occurrence takes place in the months of November and
December. March usually exhibits a definite minimum of Es. However, Es can
occur on any day of the year and these are termed off-peak openings.

During last year's summer months from here in So Cal, I worked 48 US states
(got Alaska and Hawaii, Need KY and AR). Some double hop openings had the
band wall to wall with SSB (and some FM and CW) signals from all over the
USA and some Caribbean

Last month (November) there were some Es openings to the NW USA from So
Calif

You can use the telnet Packet cluster to follow openings on 6M, URL:

http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/cluster.html

Just type in SH/DX/21 50

That is show last 21 spots for 50 MHz

You might take a look at AC6V's DX101x which now covers 6M.

http://ac6v.com/DXSAMPLE.htm

Also Ken Neubeck, WB2AMU, has written the guide to the "Magic Band" --
available at World Radio Magazine URL:

http://www.wr6wr.com/

Be aware that unlike the HF bands, except for local contacts, the six meter
band can be closed for long periods of time, so listening and tuning on 6M
can be an exercise in futility.

There are ways however to snag the openings -- covered nicely in the above
books.

--
Caveat Lecter



"James" wrote in message
...
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.

In article , "James"
wrote:
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.




Go to K1JT's site, http://www.pulsar.princeton.edu and download a copy of
WSJT. Set up just about any kind of horizontally polarized antenna and with
just a few watts you can be regularly working up to 1200 miles on meteor
scatter. It beats waiting months for an E's opening.

In article , "James"
wrote:
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.




Go to K1JT's site, http://www.pulsar.princeton.edu and download a copy of
WSJT. Set up just about any kind of horizontally polarized antenna and with
just a few watts you can be regularly working up to 1200 miles on meteor
scatter. It beats waiting months for an E's opening.

--
Caveat Lecter



"N1KI" wrote in message
...
In article , "James"
wrote:
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.

Go to K1JT's site, http://www.pulsar.princeton.edu and download a copy of
WSJT. Set up just about any kind of horizontally polarized antenna and
with
just a few watts you can be regularly working up to 1200 miles on meteor
scatter. It beats waiting months for an E's opening.

How regular I wonder -- thought WSJT was primarily during meteor shower
times

--
Caveat Lecter

--
Caveat Lecter



"N1KI" wrote in message
...
In article , "James"
wrote:
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.

Go to K1JT's site, http://www.pulsar.princeton.edu and download a copy of
WSJT. Set up just about any kind of horizontally polarized antenna and
with
just a few watts you can be regularly working up to 1200 miles on meteor
scatter. It beats waiting months for an E's opening.

How regular I wonder -- thought WSJT was primarily during meteor shower
times

--
Caveat Lecter

The WSJT URL given is broken
Got google to give this one

http://pulsar.princeton.edu/~joe/K1JT/


--
Caveat Lecter



"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:vSCwd.41121$ka2.30318@fed1read04...


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Caveat Lecter



"N1KI" wrote in message
...
In article , "James"
wrote:
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.

Go to K1JT's site, http://www.pulsar.princeton.edu and download a copy of
WSJT. Set up just about any kind of horizontally polarized antenna and
with
just a few watts you can be regularly working up to 1200 miles on meteor
scatter. It beats waiting months for an E's opening.

How regular I wonder -- thought WSJT was primarily during meteor shower
times

--
Caveat Lecter

The WSJT URL given is broken
Got google to give this one

http://pulsar.princeton.edu/~joe/K1JT/


--
Caveat Lecter



"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:vSCwd.41121$ka2.30318@fed1read04...


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Caveat Lecter



"N1KI" wrote in message
...
In article , "James"
wrote:
Is any one working the 6M band? Been off for awhile but listening.

Go to K1JT's site, http://www.pulsar.princeton.edu and download a copy of
WSJT. Set up just about any kind of horizontally polarized antenna and
with
just a few watts you can be regularly working up to 1200 miles on meteor
scatter. It beats waiting months for an E's opening.

How regular I wonder -- thought WSJT was primarily during meteor shower
times

--
Caveat Lecter

Caveat Lector wrote:
The WSJT URL given is broken

So is your newsreader.

Peter Lemken
DF5JT
Berlin

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zwischen Abscheu und Mitleid nicht entscheiden kann.

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