6 Meters is Cooking!

[K7MH]

Handful of Europeans on 6 right now. Worked E77DX and just now (actually between the words Europeans and on when he peaked up a bit!) worked 9A1CCY.
Pretty amazing opening!
Only a 2 element quad and 100 watts here. So I can't hear all of it.
Is everyone else sleeping? Watching sports on the boob tube? At church?

[WB2WIK]

Ain't happening, here: http://www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php?L...50&ML=M&Map=NA

I did work a few east coast stations last night on six, however. I think N3DB in FM18 was as far northeast as I worked.

It's very spotty and sometimes the band opens to a specific location, plus or minus very few miles. I'm happy when that happens to me, but not so happy when it happens to everybody else!

[KI9A]

Ain't happening, here: http://www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php?L...50&ML=M&Map=NA

I did work a few east coast stations last night on six, however. I think N3DB in FM18 was as far northeast as I worked.

It's very spotty and sometimes the band opens to a specific location, plus or minus very few miles. I'm happy when that happens to me, but not so happy when it happens to everybody else!

Here, near St. Louis, I worked 9A, HA5, S5, & E7 pretty quick with 100w and 5 ele @ 30'. Man that was fun!!!

[K7MH]

Here, near St. Louis, I worked 9A, HA5, S5, & E7 pretty quick with 100w and 5 ele @ 30'. Man that was fun!!!

You did pretty well I'd say!!
I'd never heard anything across the Atlantic on 6 except C5AEH in The Gambia back in the early 80's and I only heard him. Couldn't work him with 10 watts.
There are a lot more people on 6 from a lot more countries these days but it is still the right place at the right time for a lot of it!
It was a pretty amazing opening!

[AC0FP]

You did pretty well I'd say!!
I'd never heard anything across the Atlantic on 6 except C5AEH in The Gambia back in the early 80's and I only heard him. Couldn't work him with 10 watts.
There are a lot more people on 6 from a lot more countries these days but it is still the right place at the right time for a lot of it!
It was a pretty amazing opening!

C5AEH was my only transatlantic contact in the 80's, running 50 watts PEP into a 5-element beam. Just wait until the sunspots come back, although this time there may not be enough to help 6-meters!

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[W9PSK]

This is driving me crazy!!! I don't have a 6 meter rig!!! Uggghhhhhh! Me wanna talk! Me wanna talk! Me wanna talk!























Seriously, I can't stand it that I don't have a 6 meter rig. Ranger is producing one now and I think I am going to buy it. I have to wait at least another year before I can buy an HF+6 radio, and I don't think I can wait to get on 6 until then! Wish me luck, fellas. The wife has started getting this funny look in her eye every time I even mention radios!!

[W6ONV]

*sigh* My 6M beam (EF-706) is built, but leaning up against the house, too much World Cup and not enough time to get it put up in the air.

[N8YX]

Been open on and off like gangbusters for the last week or so.

Like a few others, my horizontally polarized 6/2/432 antennas are out of commission at the moment. I think I'm going to put a couple of horizontal VHF loops up in the next month or two, as it'll be a while before my tower is "up and running".

[KC8AHN]

I need to get a 6m antenna. Right now all I have is a G5RV Jr, I was hearing a few stations yesterday but was not getting any return to my calls. I am assuming I was not radaiting anything useful.