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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.)

    smirk.info/contest.html

  7. 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