PB7Z Bernard messaged me he could work USA on 6m early in the evening. Unfortunately I saw nothing from that side. But 10 minutes later propagation arrived and did hold on till local midnight. Icredible signals, some USA station had a S9 on my S-meter. I had the opportunity to work USA on SSB this time, something I never did before. The last US based SSB station on 6m heard was back in 2001 I believe!
I also worked fellow blogger WW1L after some effort...
I'm gonna keep the rig on 6m FT8 all day, hoping for good propagation to interrupt my popcorn. So far, only a local...but it's early here.
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John
Right now I don't see/hear anything on 6m. Things can suddenly change however. 73, Bas
DeleteHello again Bas,
ReplyDeleteThe June QST has a brief recommendation on page 83 by Joe K1JT - he recommends Q65-15A for trans-equatorial on 6 meters. In several hours, I've heard (seen) no one there but FT8 is full of stations. It seems like Q65 (in any flavor) is not popular at all on 6 meters for some reason.
73,
John
Hello John, I saw several spots from QSOs made on 50275 Q65 30A. 30A seems to be the most used at the moment. Also saw activity on 50305 but never seen it myself only on the cluster and KSTchat. Would love to experiment with it.
Delete73, Bas
Great stuff. As for K1JT, he should encourage people to make more effort with what we already have, than endlessly introduce new modes. Cue: bunfight!
ReplyDeleteHello John, divided opinions about introducing new modes. You should also think about future progression. 73, Bas
DeleteAmazing conditions! Sounds like you had a great time.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Tom, M7MCQ.
Hello Tom, absolutely. These kind of "evenings" do not happen very often. 73, Bas
DeleteHallo Bas, dat zijn toch leuke dingen. Ik zat die week op Terschelling. Zonder spullen, wat ik eigenlijk ook nooit doe. 73 Paul
ReplyDeleteHallo Paul, Terschelling is ook leuk. Ik heb de laatste vakantie naar Denemarken op verzoek XYL ook niks meegenomen. Er zijn ook andere dingen om van te genieten. 73, Bas
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