There was so much chatter about JT65 on 6m this afternoon that I took a
stab at it. The band was nicely open here and I had a five QSOs using my 40m
coaxial dipole. Heard AA5AU. Later I worked YV5AM on SSB. Guess I'll
have to build a proper antenna.
73,
Kermit (Ken) AB1J FN42
In a message dated 2013-05-31 15:25:08 Coordinated Universal Time,
aa5au@bellsouth.net writes:
Sounds like a little bit of fun. I've been on 6 meter JT65 for the past
couple of weeks and it seems to be getting better and better each day. By the
time I get home in the evening, the band really starts to ramp up. (Hope I
didn't just jinx it for this weekend). Last night I worked two new
stations on 6M JT65 to bring me up to 39 on that band/mode. The band seems
more
suited to RTTY contesting than JT65. RTTY exchanges are quick compared to the
4-6 minutes required for a JT65 contact. I've lost several JT65 contacts
because the path dropped out within that 4-6 minute time frame.
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