I checked the Rx ant. again today, that's not the problem.
I have the 80m loop tuned for 6m on ANT 1 and the 6m dipole on ANT 2 with no luck despite trying to listen when I see lots of spots on for 6m. I know what you are talking about regarding beams etc. I worked Italy from my car on a FT100 and an ATAS antenna. Thanks for the thought Joe, I was glad to meet you at Dayton this year and tell you how much your stuff on the reflector (along with Don, W8JI etc.) has been a help to me. No doubt I will get this sorted out eventually. 73, Joe W8JH From: Joe Subich, W4TV-4 [via Elecraft] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 12:00 PM To: W8JH Subject: Re: 6 meters Newbie > Anything I could have screwed up on the rig to make 6m a dead band? > No problems noted on any other band. Do you have the RX Ant selected (or ANT 2 if you have the KANT3 installed)? Antenna/Receive antenna status is stored per band so you might have the wrong antenna selected on just one band. My K3 is certainly sensitive enough - without the PR-6 - that I can hear/work some of the stronger DX (55 countries in the band) on a HF windom (since that's my only antenna that will take power on six). The noise about needing a beam on six meters does a big disservice to anyone who wants to try the band. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 7/2/2010 9:01 AM, W8JH wrote: > > I have not had ANY luck on 6 meters with K3 # 1713. I had been listening > with my 80m horizontal loop, which my Palstar BT-1500 tunes to a flat SWR on > 6m. Nothing heard over a full year. Since I still couldn't hear anything I > built a 6m dipole a couple days ago and still no luck. > > I can hear continuous carriers sometimes but nothing else. I routinely > check DX spots sent by hams near me (Ohio by Lake Erie) and have no luck. > > I do use the internal preamp. Carriers on the 80m loop are louder than on > the 6m dipole. I had the subreceiver installed last year by Elecraft (about > 6 weeks turnaround) and did not notice any difference. Unfortunately I > thought 6m was a dead band or my antenna was the problem at the time so I > didn't think to ask Elecraft to check it out while they had the rig. > > Anything I could have screwed up on the rig to make 6m a dead band? No > problems noted on any other band. > > Joe- another 6m newbie ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net?by-user=t> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _____ View message @ http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/6-meters-Newbie-tp5244084p5248243.html To unsubscribe from Re: 6 meters Newbie, click < (link removed) mZm1hbmludmVzdG1lbnRzQGFkZWxwaGlhLm5ldHw1MjQ3NjQzfC0xMzk3NDk2NjQ0> here. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/6-meters-Newbie-tp5244084p5249019.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
