#6meters — Public Fediverse posts

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

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

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

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