#6meters — Public Fediverse posts

Whoo boy, the new QST rips the #QMX+ on its six meter performance and says it “should not be used to transmit anywhere on that band” because of its spurious emissions. That’s not even all they complained about.

That will put a wet blanket on your magic July propagation. I may have to fire up groups.io to see the response.

#QRPLabs #6m #6meters #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #ARRL #QST

Just once this summer I’d like to remember everything necessary to do 6m FT8 on my lunch break. This time twas grabbing the QDX instead of the QMX+, which is the one that does 6 meters 🤦🏻‍♂️

Did catch a good net, the weekly 2 meter Triangle Mutual Aid net, controlled by @mbroome and co-staring @llorenzin and @beckett ❤️🖤

#HamRadio #nets #6m #6meters #PLOTA #HuntLibrary #MutualAid

My #HamRadio #AmateurRadio brethren across the pond are having a ball this morning on #6meters 06/22/2025 1213 UTC

At 1530 UTC 6/15/2026 , Its "ON". #TheMagicBand #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #6Meters

I’ll be camping in West Virginia in EM97 this week. Going to try to work the #MagicBand with this “thrift store” ham stick dipole and a QMX+.

Is #WestVirginia rare in others’ logs? I hadn’t been able to get it in my last 1.5 years as a Technician.

#HolidayStyle #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #6m #6meters #EM97 #antennas #hamstick #MFJ #QRP

XE1YY makes DXCC history: Verónica Morales is the first woman from #Mexico to achieve 6 meter DXCC and 50 MHz VHF/UHF Century Club!

Source: QST, August 2025

#XE #6m #6meters #DXCC #YL #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

Had a very interesting day today running #FT8 on the #6m and #10m bands! #6meters was pretty quiet, but #10meters had some really interesting surprises in store for me! I actually somehow managed to get an exchange with an #Antarctica research station today (DP0GVN)! I honestly thought Antarctica was one of those that I wouldn't ever manage at 100W and a horizontal omni antenna. Gotta mention South Africa too, 'cause that's just a sort of weird hop for #10meter to reach.

#hamRadio #amateurRadio #Antarctica

This weekend was interesting on the #6m band. #6meters was very strange this morning, a pretty much fiber-optic quality path right into Florida Every contact I had was a 59+. Also had a really good time last night on #20m getting a bunch of #POTA contacts.

#6meter #20meter #20meters #amateurRadio #hamRadio #furryHAM #propagation

Any on-line resources to help identify 6m band openings before or as they occur? #HamRadio #MagicBand #6meters

What's the deal with #6meters. It is really quiet. Did I miss some #spacewx event? This is my first time on the "the magic band". #hamradio #AmateurRadio

I have a question for the ham radio folks here. Does anyone have any comments or opinions about the Alinco DR-06TA? It's a 50 watt monoband 6 meter FM transceiver. I have no experience with this radio at all but I'm kind of interested in it.

Thanks
-Dennis AD8DV

#hamradio #AmateurRadio #Alinco #6meters #6m

Copied from a post on the the Facebook VHF/UHF Weak Signal #AmateurRadio page:

TODAY, 0000 UTC 6-15-24 starts the #6meter #SMIRKcontest. Ends: 2359 UTC on 6-16-24 (48 hr contest). Make as many contacts on #6m as possible, exchange #SMIRK # ‘s if you have them and collect them if you don't.

Log Submission info below. Website needs some updating but info is correct.

#6Meters #HamRadio #SpecialEvent

(More info in the comments below.)

http://smirk.info/contest.html

I experimented setting up for #6meters last night for the first time. No contacts made, but I did figure out that my BCA-300 Dual-Band Mag Mount Antenna tunes nicely using the Yaesu 857D and the YT-100 tuner. So maybe sometime in the not too distant future I’ll actually make a QSO. I was tuned to 52.540 as it’s one of the designated frequencies for HamActive’s #WINTERHEAT event. #6m