Hope things go well. 6 Meters can be a fun band. We had it open at night during summer with a G5 solar storm. Sounded weird with the distortion . 10 meters tried to open as well. I got FT8 to NYC. Nice hop across the state. on 10 meter ! was some 6 meter FT8 as well. was hard for the contacts with the S7 noise floor. The sun did that. We had a angry red sky ! The northern lights we got was all shades of red that time. the outher time had some green . I know hams that talked 2 meter SSB to Hawaii with tropospheric ducting . I get more 70 CM ducting hear. But still 2 meters. Some times 10 and 6 meters. I have been told 900 and 1296 can do it as well. I only have a SDR for them bands. 73
@@N8MJS Same hear in NY. Quit windy . Did not get my end fed up to try 10/11/12 meters . The snow is deep and windy ! My DX Commander 10 meter pole is ok in winds but the cold bite in the air stopped me.
That Shooting Star works well. Sad to see it go.
Nice build and good luck tomorrow! 73
@@jeffd9811 thank you but it got delayed until next week due to high winds.
It's always my luck that things like this get delayed.
Hope things go well. 6 Meters can be a fun band. We had it open at night during summer with a G5 solar storm. Sounded weird with the distortion . 10 meters tried to open as well. I got FT8 to NYC. Nice hop across the state. on 10 meter ! was some 6 meter FT8 as well. was hard for the contacts with the S7 noise floor. The sun did that. We had a angry red sky ! The northern lights we got was all shades of red that time. the outher time had some green . I know hams that talked 2 meter SSB to Hawaii with tropospheric ducting . I get more 70 CM ducting hear. But still 2 meters. Some times 10 and 6 meters. I have been told 900 and 1296 can do it as well. I only have a SDR for them bands. 73
@@robertmeyer4744 It got delayed until next week, we have high winds today.
@@N8MJS Same hear in NY. Quit windy . Did not get my end fed up to try 10/11/12 meters . The snow is deep and windy ! My DX Commander 10 meter pole is ok in winds but the cold bite in the air stopped me.
What tower is that? Awesome setup
@@jameyevans29 Wade DMX 64ft free standing.
theantennamen.com/product/wade-dmx-self-support-tower/
This is the company that put it in for me.
Video example of how the antenna switch will get mounted on a similar tower to mine.
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