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I successfully got on the local ham radio club's 6m net on Wednesday night. I hastily put up a portable whip in the attic just before the net to test whether a 6m antenna will work there... and it did! 🎉

(I had previously used the same whip once from the front yard to get on the same net, so I knew the antenna was functional.)

So now I have plans to add a more permanent, better tuned 6m antenna in the attic at some point and run more coax down to my office / shack. (More than the 0 coax I have run now.)

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #6m #AtticAntenna

Cheap adjustable whip antenna sitting on a piece of PVC pipe, extended up to a rafter in an attic.
There's a coax cable coming in from the right, attached to the base of the antenna, and some cheap ribbon cable ground radials coming out from the base just below the coax connector.
Also visible are the exposed studs, rafters, and some insulation in the attic.

We're dancing with Florida this morning on #6m #ft8. I see some people woring Gyuana (8R1TM) and Suriname (PZ5RA), but I haven't seen them (yet) on the waterfall.

PSKReporter screenshot showing many stations in FL receiving KR1ST.

Woohoo! Just worked Senegal on #6m #FT8. Looks like the band is open a little to South America as well.

PSKReporter screenshot showing stations hearing KR1ST.

WSJT-X screenshot showing 6m FT8 QSO between 6W1RD and KR1ST

2026 #Tesla #ModelY Standard – echte #Ladekurve 10% bis 80%! | #EFIEBER

Von 10% bis 80% an einem V3 #Supercharger.
Mit dem #LFP #CATL #6M Akku. 62.5 kWh nutzbar.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dG5IPJPlDGo

Ouch! I think I just broke a FCC rule by working a station (W0PR) in Minnesota on #6m #FT8.

PSKReporter screenshot showing stations in the mid-west hearing me on 6m FT8.

Wow, #6m #FT8 definitely opened up to some nice transequatorial propagation right now.

#hamradio #AmateurRadio

PSKReporter screenshot showing some nice TEP on 6M to South America.

Very nice example of Transequatorial Propagation (TEP). I just worked LU7XZ on #6m #FT8 . The distance between me and the Equator is about the same as between LU7XZ and the Equator.

#hamradio #AmateurRadio

PSKReporter screenshot showing stations receiving KR1ST. It's a bit hard to tell maybe, but the distance between me a and the equator (hint, look for Equador ;) ) is about the same as between LU7XZ, who I just worked, and the equator.

Just worked Peru on #6m #FT8. Just when you think the band is dead, some cool DX pops up.

WSJT-X screenshot showing 6m FT8 QSO between OA1F and KR1ST.

#Tesla #ModelY ( #CATL #6M #LFP Akku) | #Ladeperformance bei 2°C – von 6% auf 80% |
#EFIEBER:

Wie schlägt sich der 2025 CATL 6M LFP-Akku im #Tesla #Model_Y bei kalten 2°C #Außentemperatur? ❄️⚡

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivs5zpZLsrg

#6m is open, at least in the eastern half of the US. Hearing a lots of beacons and a lot of folks are on #6m #FT8

It's fun working folks on FT8 and watch a live JMJ concert at the same time. 😀

Thanks @dcpatton for the 6m FT8 QSO! 👍

#hamradio #AmateurRadio

PSKReporter screenshot of stations in the Eastern half of the US hearing me on 6m FT8.

#MagicBand in action. Shame my random-wave HF antenna, even though the LDG Z-100A can tune it to a nice 1:1 SWR, won't transmit at this frequency.

SNR -04 DB too!

#6m #50MHz

Reception of South Africa on 6m, ~6882km away!

This is my haul this weekend on the 10m and 6m ham bands. Not too bad, really! All FT8/FT4, but still I'll take it. There's even one all the way down at the Falkland Islands!

#hamRadio #amateurRadio #FT8 #FT4 #10m #6m #DX

Little map with North & South America and Africa shown. There are little pointers where I made amatuer radio contacts this weekend. There's one all the way down to the Falkland Islands!

I'm still here playing radio on the ARRL September #VHF Contest. #6m and #2m were hopping this morning (although no Sporadic-E was detected here). Now, I feel like everyone has probably worked everyone else, the bands have gone quiet, and everyone's taking a nap. #hamradio

And I'm on air #6m #FT8 with QRP, with a vertically polarized J-pole.

Yes, I might be mad.

#hamchallenge week 28: Receive a station on 6m via sporadic E. Well, the #6m Es season is about to end; typically it starts in mid May and ends in mid August. At this time (09:45 UTC) there are only a few HB9 stations coming in on FT8 (via sporadic E, working JAs!), and the local beacon SR5DTM is very loud on CW. There is no activity on CW and SSB right now, and I will take this as an opportunity to call CQ on 50095 kHz for some time to see if someone bites! #hamradio #HC28S @hamchallenge

A view of a wind turbine taken from a car on a highway, with a beautiful blue sky and some clouds in the background. There are several antennas belonging to the SR5TDM 10m/6m/VHF/UHF/SHF beacons ob top of it. Along the tower, "TDM ELECTRONICS" is written in large black letters.

Well there is a lift on 50Mhz tonight. I can hear GB3PX very well. I've put a few calls out on 51.510 but had no response. It's a real shame more people aren't monitoring 6M. #50mhz #6m #repeater #simplex #vhf

XE1YY makes DXCC history: Verónica Morales is the first woman from #Mexico to achieve 6 meter DXCC and 50 MHz VHF/UHF Century Club!

Source: QST, August 2025

#XE #6m #6meters #DXCC #YL #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

XE1YY sits at her station and smiles. Transcript of article follows: In April 2025, Verónica Morales, XEYY (formerly XEYYG), became the first woman in Mexico to achieve 6-meter DX Century Club (DXCC). On her success, she reflected:
I started 30 years ago in ham radio. I am the first YL from Mexico to obtain 6-meter DXCC (only eight on XE land) and 50 MHz [VHF/UHF Century Club].
My first experience with the Magic Band was in March 2023. [| learned] very fast that you must be present, even if you do not copy anything, because a new country or a new grid can surprise you in just a few seconds on a "dead" band. I learned the magic of backscatter, long path, and short path. My modest station consists of an IC-7300. In my first year [of working toward DXCC, I used] a Hentenna on 10
meters with 50 W and [worked] 48 countries and 250 grids. [In my] second year, [l used a] JK65 Yagi [and worked] 578 accredited grids and 106 countries; I applied for 6-meter DXCC in 2 years, with 104 countries worked and confirmed.
Verónica Morales, XE1YY. [Verónica Morales, XE1YY, photo]

It feels like catching a surf wave when 6m Es opens and I can make multiple CW QSOs. 5 to central Europe on 50091. Also multiple CW skimmers spotted me too, nice!

#6m #magicband #esporadic #hamradio #amateurradio

Had a very interesting day today running #FT8 on the #6m and #10m bands! #6meters was pretty quiet, but #10meters had some really interesting surprises in store for me! I actually somehow managed to get an exchange with an #Antarctica research station today (DP0GVN)! I honestly thought Antarctica was one of those that I wouldn't ever manage at 100W and a horizontal omni antenna. Gotta mention South Africa too, 'cause that's just a sort of weird hop for #10meter to reach.

#hamRadio #amateurRadio #Antarctica

A map of my ham radio contacts for today, showing mostly South America and Africa, but there is a little marker all the way down at Antarctica!

Finally getting around to posting my exchanges map on #6m and #10m #FT8 from the last two weekends. Definitely got some interesting exchanges, but the bands weren't really the best.

#hamRadio #amateurRadio #10meters #6meters #digitalModes

#6m

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