Thanks for th message Steve. Yes 6m is a great band, very exciting at times. I only need Alaska for WAS on 6m, bad part is I've need it as my last state for about 15 years. Alaska not heard in Florida very often. I'm hopping the FT-817 will at least alow me to listen more during the last stages of this cycle, and with any luck help me catch an opening to Alaska!!!
73's Julio
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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Hajducek
To: FT817@...
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [FT817] Re: 6 Meters
At 01:36 PM 6/20/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Many years ago myself and several Hams (KB4CRT,K9IJ,K4WSB,WB4IOA, and maybe a
>couple of others who I can't remember)were on a boat trip in Tampa Bay when
>KB4CRT heard the 6m band open to somewhere in South America. The rig was a
>Mizzuro (not sure of the spelling) handheld about 100mw SSB to a rubber
>ducky.
>All of us worked the South American station and exchanged 59 signal
>reports. I
>guess that's why it's called the magic band!!!!!
>
>73's Julio
Hi Julio,
6 meters is a great band, it has been my most favorite band for the last
21 years. My first rig was a Kachina 1 followed by a more modern Yaesu
FT-608R through the lastest in the FT-847 mobile and FT-817 backpack.
With a good E opening you can work almost anywhere with milliwatts.
However, I have still to work all 50 states, missing 6m and I am only
half way to DXCC on 6.
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