6m Activity Now

[eorange]

Hearing QSOs from Canada (EN10), Tennessee (EM55), and Louisiana (EM30).

Not sure if this qualifies as a band opening, though, because I don't know how much power they're running. Although, I am only hearing the remote (far) side of the QSO, so probably...

 

[pinetree]

150MH is also open I am sitting in Delaware west of Dover and listening to the entire south east coast of New Jersey Fire and ambulance dispatchs, both sides

 

[W8OSP]

Yeah 6m has been real nice past couple days. This evening made a nice qso with MN, EN35. Heard a ton of more stations. Wasnt really able to talk much though, to many other things going on.

 

[W8OSP]

6m contest all weekend!!

 

[nexus]

10 Meters was open all day today as well... AWESOME signals. I must of heard 10 or 12 beacons between 28.200 and 28.300 And a lot of strong signals from Ohio, NC, SC, WA, and NM. Hope the band holds up tomorrow. I'm going to try to work some of it.

 

[eorange]

6m contest all weekend!!

Yep, I finally realized that!

 

[W2WP]

Yeah 6m has been real nice past couple days. This evening made a nice qso with MN, EN35. Heard a ton of more stations. Wasnt really able to talk much though, to many other things going on.

It sure was one heck of a contest weekend with 6m as open as it was. Heck, I FINALLY worked California (Washington last week) with 50 watts into a dipole (W3FF Buddipole) in my dining room! Been one crazy summer so far on 6..........

Mark / W2KRP

 

[morganAL]

Unfortunately my antenna for 6 in laying on the ground in pieces but another local ham worked Spain & Italy on 6 last week from EM64

 

[VA3QRM]

Unfortunately my antenna for 6 in laying on the ground in pieces but another local ham worked Spain & Italy on 6 last week from EM64

I am serious here.......put it together and mount it on the clothes line pole or kids' swing set, or leave it on the ground. During the CQ contest on the weekend I worked western washington and oregon from EN82 QRP with a vertical attached to the chimney. Worked into New hampshire and New Orleans area on FM simplex as well. Heard a FK.... in France 5/9 in the DX window. Some of the best E skip I have heard on 6 meters.
73
VA3QRM

 

[red8]

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LAFAYETTE OVER IN TRAILER TRASH CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
LIVINGSTON PARISH. WHERE JUST THE OTHER DAY A NEIGHBOR
OF MINE WAS MOWING HIS LAWN AND FOUND HIS BATHTUB. LOL
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