Tag - 6m

You have to be in it to win it. Yes, there is not much fun watching the ‘blue screen of death’, but this is precisely what chasing rare ones on 6m is all about. Character building patience!The faint trace on the spectrum turned out to...

6m is on fire, but this time we are not part of the action. Which is fair enough: if the band would open every day to the most remote corner of the globe, then there would be no magic.As I type this, the Japanese are...

"Hi Nick,Just read today's mail and noted your comments re 6m. I agree, 6m can be one of the most frustrating pursuits - ever! Without exaggeration, a few kilometres here or there is all it needs to make the difference, and it's not all down...

Yesterday, I got a number of emails from 6m operators, including the band veterans. There was a lot of reminiscing about the 'good old days' - like amazing openings to Europe from VK2 and VK3. Steve, VK3OT sent pages of scanned log entries, phone and...

The past few days in 50MHz were a prime example of what makes the ‘magic band’ a truly magic experience.Spotlight and pipeline opening, massive needle-bending signals from Kansas, ‘now or never’ bursts, decodes coming from the most unexpected corners, never-before opened paths remaining open for...