Nice 6 m opening right now

[wayne burdick]

...Including SSB activity on 50.125...just had a cross-mode contact with W5ZF. Lots of new beacons heard.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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[Dennis Moore]

Thanks Wayne. My farthest contact on 6m, also with W5ZF. KAT500 worked
FB on a 130' doublet.

73, Dennis NJ6G


On 6/7/2018 15:25, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> ...Including SSB activity on 50.125...just had a cross-mode contact with W5ZF. Lots of new beacons heard.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR

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[Glenn Anderson]

Yeah I know...FT 8 has been going crazy all week! I've gotten several new countries confirmed on LOTW.
73, Glenn wb5tuf 
-------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> Date: 6/7/18  17:25  (GMT-06:00) To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Cc: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] Nice 6 m opening right now
...Including SSB activity on 50.125...just had a cross-mode contact with W5ZF. Lots of new beacons heard.

73,
Wayne
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[wayne burdick]

Congrats, Dennis. When I worked him I was using 100 W to a 6 meter dipole made from two Hamsticks, erected last year when I finally discovered how cool 6 meters is.

I’m parked on 50.125, still hearing new signals come up every few minutes. It’s almost like that scene in the movie “Contact” where Jodie Foster, reclining on her car’s hood in the shadow of the Very Large Array (Socorro, NM), first hears that alien signal.

Almost.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

> On Jun 7, 2018, at 3:38 PM, Dennis Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Thanks Wayne. My farthest contact on 6m, also with W5ZF. KAT500 worked FB on a 130' doublet.
>
> 73, Dennis NJ6G
>
>
> On 6/7/2018 15:25, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>> ...Including SSB activity on 50.125...just had a cross-mode contact with W5ZF. Lots of new beacons heard.
>>
>> 73,
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
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On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 6:52 PM Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Congrats, Dennis. When I worked him I was using 100 W to a 6 meter dipole
> made from two Hamsticks, erected last year when I finally discovered how
> cool 6 meters is.
>

After 45 years on HF CW, I'm intrigued and delighted by 6-meter SSB, also
newly discovered.  Having a blast!! Now, if only I had an antenna other
than my 80-meter doublet... (which seems to work great on 6m!)      ;)

73 de K1AY (Chris)
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[Clay Autery-2]

Can someone send me a screen cap off a P3 or something of the waveform
for FT8 (and any other digital mode).

I'm pretty sure I am seeing people running data WELL beyond the band
plan into the SSB section of several bands... 20m for almost certain.

Thanks!

73,

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On 06/07/18 17:47, Glenn Anderson wrote:

> Yeah I know...FT 8 has been going crazy all week! I've gotten several new countries confirmed on LOTW.
> 73, Glenn wb5tuf
> -------- Original message --------From: Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> Date: 6/7/18  17:25  (GMT-06:00) To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Cc: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] Nice 6 m opening right now
> ...Including SSB activity on 50.125...just had a cross-mode contact with W5ZF. Lots of new beacons heard.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
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[Wes Stewart-2]

No P3 here but I can tell you that the SSTV people think they own 14.230.

Wes  N7WS

On 6/7/2018 6:16 PM, Clay Autery wrote:

> Can someone send me a screen cap off a P3 or something of the waveform for FT8
> (and any other digital mode).
>
> I'm pretty sure I am seeing people running data WELL beyond the band plan into
> the SSB section of several bands... 20m for almost certain.
>
> Thanks!
>
> 73,
>
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> [phone]

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On 6/7/2018 6:16 PM, Clay Autery wrote:
> Can someone send me a screen cap off a P3 or something of the waveform
> for FT8 (and any other digital mode).

Hi Clay,

It's worth downloading WSJT-X, installing it, RTFM, and then start
listening. It's excellent software, well written, well documented. And,
if you RTFM, easy to use. Among other things, that will get your ears
tuned in to what those modes sound like -- just set your Mon gain so you
hear what you're TXing, and you'll know.

Hookup to K3/K3S is super easy. feed the Line In from Computer Out, Feed
Computer in from Line Out, set the K3/K3S for Digital A and VOX. in
WSJT-X, push Tune to get the computer to send a steady tone, set Line In
Gain and VOX Gain so that you go into TX, adjust Line In Gain so that
ALC flickers 4-5 bars. Adjust output from rig to Computer so that you
get indicated 30-40 dB on the WSJT-X bar graph.

Choose FT8, select the band you want to try first, and you should see
decodes every 15 seconds.  Also, WSJT modes require a clock within about
1 sec, do whatever is needed to accomplish that. I use this one.
http://www.timesynctool.com/

73, Jim K9YC

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[Clay Autery-2]

Thanks Jim....

I think we ID'd it as SSTV near 14.230.... but you are right as usual.

Time for me to get setup for digital and at least learn what they all
look/sound like.  Sounds easy enough. I'll add it to the list.

Thanks to all who replied!  Question answered; thread is dead, Fred! 
<smile>

73,

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On 08-Jun-18 00:03, Jim Brown wrote:

> On 6/7/2018 6:16 PM, Clay Autery wrote:
>> Can someone send me a screen cap off a P3 or something of the
>> waveform for FT8 (and any other digital mode).
>
> Hi Clay,
>
> It's worth downloading WSJT-X, installing it, RTFM, and then start
> listening. It's excellent software, well written, well documented.
> And, if you RTFM, easy to use. Among other things, that will get your
> ears tuned in to what those modes sound like -- just set your Mon gain
> so you hear what you're TXing, and you'll know.
>
> Hookup to K3/K3S is super easy. feed the Line In from Computer Out,
> Feed Computer in from Line Out, set the K3/K3S for Digital A and VOX.
> in WSJT-X, push Tune to get the computer to send a steady tone, set
> Line In Gain and VOX Gain so that you go into TX, adjust Line In Gain
> so that ALC flickers 4-5 bars. Adjust output from rig to Computer so
> that you get indicated 30-40 dB on the WSJT-X bar graph.
>
> Choose FT8, select the band you want to try first, and you should see
> decodes every 15 seconds.  Also, WSJT modes require a clock within
> about 1 sec, do whatever is needed to accomplish that. I use this one.
> http://www.timesynctool.com/
>
> 73, Jim K9YC

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