The 6m Band is one of my favorite bands. The combination of its unpredictability and the amazing openings that it can produce certainly makes 6m The Magic Band for me! Conditions on 6m were so good on Saturday that I almost worked a 6m VUCC by 11 pm on Saturday evening …
I had an amazing experience on the 6m Band this past weekend during the 2020 ARRL June VHF Contest. Among other this, I was able to work a VUCC on 6m using FT8/FT4 Digital in less than a day!
We experienced great 6m band openings for nearly the entire contest period here in New England. I was able to work station in Europe, the Caribean, and on the West Coast of the United States during the contest.
Operating During ARRL June VHF via the AB1OC-AB1QB Station Gateway
The article in the link above describes the station and software setup used during the contest and shares the results of our operations on 6m during the contest period.
You can read the entire story and see some information about how we used the station here as part of June VHF.
We get quite a few requests from folks to explain how to get started with Amateur Radio Satellites. Requests for information on how to build a computer-controlled ground station for Linear Satellites are also pretty common. I recently got such a request from our CWA class so I decided to put together a session on this topic…
We recently put together a presentation and demonstration on Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites. We covered quite a bit of ground during the presentation including:
How to put together a simple station and work FM EasySats with HTs and a handheld antenna
A recorded demonstration of some contacts using FM EasySats
How-to build a computer-controlled station and work Linear Transponder Satellites
Fixed and Portable Satellite Station Antenna options
A recorded demonstration of some contacts using Linear Satellites
We recorded the session so that we could share it with folks. The link above will take you to our Blog where you can view the presentation video and Powerpoint. The post also includes links to many additional articles about building and operating Amateur Satellite Stations.
Don’t miss our June membership meeting, where we welcome Tim Duffy, K3LR who will speak about the K3LR Super Station.
Tim’s station is one of the top Multi-Multi Contest Stations in the world. He is also the CEO of DX Engineering. Tim’s accomplishments in Amateur Radio include the following and more:
Founder and Chairman of Contest University
President of the Mercer County Amateur Radio Club
Active in RACES, ACS and ARES
Hosted Youth Contest teams at the K3LR Super Station for major contests
Member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame
Was on Team USA for the World Radio Team Championship (WRTC) five times.
Chairman of the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF)
Recipient of the 2015 Amateur of the Year Award presented by the Dayton Hamvention® Awards Committee and the 2016 YASME Excellence Award.
K3LR Super Station Photo from QRZ.com
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 2nd starting at 7:00 pm and will be held online via a Zoom Conference. You can find the Zoom link on our main page, n1fd.org. Scroll down to the meeting announcement to see the link. If you have not been on a Zoom meeting before, I would recommend joining at least 15 minutes early.
Join us on Tuesday, June 2nd to hear all about the K3LR Super Station. Hope to see you on Zoom!
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