6 Meters, the Magic Band

My 6 meter station consists of...

Home: IC-706MKIIG into a 3 element yagi @ 25 ft.

Mobile: The same IC-706MKIIG into a 1/4 wave mag mount whip.


December, 2001 - February, 2002

FANTASTIC PROPAGATION!

Grid squares I worked between December 23, 2001 & February 2, 2002....  CN88, CN87, JN04, IO61, HM68, GJ25, DM04, DL19, DM12, DM14, DM37, IO74, FN24, EK70, FK96, EJ79, FK42, FJ09, EK44, DL80, DM13, IL18, HM49, IO67, IO87, FK41, IO64, FN74, IO93, FN08, EM79, EM46, EM48, EM98, EM68, EM63, EM84, EM80, EL98, EL88, HP94, CN81, DO33, DN17, CN85, IO75, IO68, IO83, CM87, CM98, CN84, DN07, CN77, JO22, JO20, JO33, JO23, JN59, JO54, JN45, JO03, IO91, IO83

What's a grid square?? From the ARRL


 

The 6 Meter Band Plan.....

 

(may vary depending on region)

50.000 - 50.100 CW, Beacons

50.100 - 50.300 SSB, CW
50.100 - 50.125 DX Window
50.125 SSB Calling Frequency

50.270 FSK Meteorscatter

50.290 PSK31 (SSB)

50.300 - 50.600 All Modes

50.300 FM Simplex Calling Frequency (West Coast)

50.400 AM Calling Frequency

 

50.600 - 50.800 Digital

50.680 SSTV
50.800 - 51.000 Remote Control
51.000 - 51.100 Pacific DX Window
51.120 - 51.180 Digital

51.120 PSK31 (FM)

51.200 - 51.480FM Repeater Inputs
51.500 - 51.600FM Simplex
51.620 - 51.680 Digital
51.700 - 51.980 FM Repeater Outputs

52.020 - 52.040 FM Simplex
52.060 - 52.480 FM Repeater Inputs
52.525 FM Simplex Calling Frequency
52.540 FM Simplex

52.560 - 52.980 FM Repeater Outputs
53.000 - 53.020 FM Simplex
53.040 - 53.480 FM Repeater Inputs

53.100 Remote Control
53.200 Remote Control
53.300 Remote Control
53.400 Remote Control

53.500 Remote Control
53.520 FM Simplex
53.540 - 53.980 FM Repeater Outputs

53.600 Remote Control
53.700 Remote Control
53.800 Remote Control
53.900 FM Simplex

   

 


-- 6 METER RESOURCES --

Grid Squares...

W6AMT Grid Maps - North American & European Maps

6mt.com Grid Maps - A collection of maps

JF9EXF's Grid Map - World Maps

U.S. Grid Square Map - ARRL

European Grid Map

Grid Square Maps - A collection

Grid Square Calculator - AMSAT

Grid Square Calculator - ARRL

AZ_Proj at WM7D - Online Grid Map Creator

Grid Square Map of Hawaii

   

Grid Square Map of Australia

   

N2FFL's GRID SQUARE MAPS... The following maps were created by me using Great Circle Maps for Windows, a great freeware program by Roger Hedrin. More info and downloads here.

Click on a map for a larger view

Eastern US

US / Canada

Alaska

Hawaii

Mexico / Central America

South America

Greenland / Iceland

Azores / Canary Islands

Africa

Europe

Australia

Japan

World - Centered on USA

World - Centered on Russia


Propagation...

50 MHz Propagation Logger

Magic Band Live

6 Meter propagation - From PA1SIX

OZ50MHz DX Bulliten - From OZ6OM

DX Summit 50 MHz Spots

The DX Robot - DX spots e-mailed to you

N1BUG's Aurora Monitor

G3USF's 50 MHz worldwide beacon list

6mt.com 50 MHz worldwide beacon list

K1SIX VHF PROPAGATION - all about 6 meter propagation

The Resurgent Sun - A double peaked solar max?

Aurora Forcast Maps - University of Alaska Fairbanks

WWV Solar Flux with Boulder A and K Index

Solar Terrestrial Dispatch - Real-time data

AuroraWatch UK - Build your own detectors and more

Propagation - A dynamic collection of propagation information

48-55 MHz African and Middle East TV list

44-108 MHz TVLIST

45-57 MHz Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands TV list

VHF DX EARLY WARNING DATABASE LIST 28 - 67 MHz

   

Troposcatter, Meteorscatter, Ionoscatter by OZ1RH

   

 

Click an image for a larger view

Northern Hemisphere Aurora

Southern Hemisphere Aurora

Northern Hemisphere Auroral Activity

Southern Hemisphere Auroral Activity

Images courtesy of the NOAA Auroral Activity site


Other 6 meter goodies...

SMIRK - Six Meter International Radio Klub

6mt.com - Six Meters World Wide DX Club

How to Work 6-Meter DX - From QST 12/98

The Six Meter FAQ - From KR5RR

UKSMG - UK Six Metre Group

50 MHz AM - From KC6WFS

How to get the most out of 6 meters - From VK3NM

N1BUG Web - Good Stuff

World Wide 6m Allocation List - From JF6DEA/KE1EO

6m Ham Radio Home Page - By JM1SZY/K8SZ

OX3LX 50 MHz Homepage

50 MHz Mailing List - Archive of recent postings.

VK4CP's 6M Site - News, info & mods

6 Meter Sked DX Group / Mailing List - A Yahoo! group

6 Meter EME - From K7RAT

WSJT - FSK Meteorscatter - Software by K1JT

6m Maniacs - From JF3GPS

SIX ITALY - 6 meter news from Italy

SIXily News - More 6 meter news from Italy

OE - 6m - PAGES - Six Meters in Austria

The Portuguese 6 meters Page

G4HBA's Home Page - 6 metres spoken here

G8BCG Six Metres - 50MHz propagation and DXing

VK3SIX's 6 Meter Resource Kit

VK2QF SIX METRE Website - Dedicated to 50Mhz DX & Propagation study 

N6CA Homepage - 50 MHz and more

The W7GJ Homepage - 6 meter EME

ON4ANT 6m Pages - Antennas, filters and more

BV2DP - 50 MHz in Taiwan

6m DX-er's tools - By YO4AUL.

Viva 6m - Japanese 6m infomation

ZF1DC's Home Page  - in EK99,  Cayman Islands

SM7FJE - in JO65, Sweden

EA6VQ - Six meter DX info

JM1SZY (K8SZ) - 6m Ham Radio Home Page

 

XE1BEF and XF0C HOME PAGE - 6 meter links

Magic Band Network - From PA4PA

   

 

 


Beacons on the web...

OX3SIX - In HP15

OX3VHF - In  GP60

CU3URA - In HM68

WB9STR - In EN61

VE7FG - In CO83

WA7X - In DM49

I0JX - In JN61

VR2SIX - In OL72

VE6EMU - In DO33

KG9AE - In Mooresville, IN

 

TG9RB/6 - In EK44

4X4SIX - In KM72

PY0FF/b - In HI36

 

 


Antennas...

6 Meter 3 ring Halo - The Saturn 3 is back!

6 Meter antennas - A yagi and halo to build

Six Meter Wire Antennas - Calculations

6 Meter Square Copper Dipole - Parts list and dimensions

Ground gain and radiation angle at VHF

 

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