An European VK8's summer

VK8AW, Gary.

 Our 1st opening on the 22nd June 2013 was a big surprise (here you can read the 1st article on Sixitalia). Unlike the previous mid-May opening, this one was completely different! No 49 MHz TV was heard from China/Russia, and only a weak 48.250.250 MHZ from Dubai was noted. The opening exhibited Sparodic E type properties, good clean signals with no distortion or shifting in frequency. There was fading, but it was slow and predicable. Most stations were between S1 - S5:

22/06/13    1104Z 6 MTRS      CW    UK8FF       UZBEKISTAN
22/06/13    1108Z 6 MTRS      CW    UR5QU       UKRAINE
22/06/13    1113Z 6 MTRS      CW    UR5MID      UKRAINE
22/06/13    1118Z 6 MTRS      CW    LZ2WO       BULGARIA
22/06/13    1120Z 6 MTRS      CW    US4EX       UKRAINE
22/06/13    1122Z 6 MTRS      CW    UT9FJ       UKRAINE
22/06/13    1124Z 6 MTRS      CW    UX0UN       UKRAINE
22/06/13    1125Z 6 MTRS      CW    LZ1QI       BULGARIA
22/06/13    1127Z 6 MTRS      CW    UT7QF       UKRAINE
22/06/13    1130Z 6 MTRS      CW    YO3DDZ      ROMANIA
22/06/13    1131Z 6 MTRS      CW    UT4EEH      UKRAINE
22/06/13    1132Z 6 MTRS      CW    YO3JR       ROMANIA

On the 24th June 2013, our 2nd opening occurred. Again, this opening exhibited the same properties - Sparodic E, no distortion of signals and slow fading. Also, no 49 MHz TV was heard from china/Russia. There was a weak 48.239 MHZ from Iran prior to the opening. Most stations were S2 – S7:
24/06/13    1107Z 6 MTRS      CW    LZ1QI       BULGARIA
24/06/13    1130z 6 MTRS      CW    SV2DCD      GREECE
24/06/13    1131Z 6 MTRS      CW    I4EAT       ITALY
24/06/13    1134Z 6 MTRS      CW    LZ1UQ       BULGARIA
24/06/13    1140Z 6 MTRS      CW    SV8CS       GREECE
24/06/13    1142Z 6 MTRS      CW    IK4WMA      ITALY
24/06/13    1145Z 6 MTRS      CW    S57BVM      SLOVENIA
24/06/13    1146Z 6 MTRS      CW    I7CSB MIKE  ITALY
24/06/13    1150Z 6 MTRS      CW    HA5CW       HUNGARY
24/06/13    1151Z 6 MTRS      CW    IZ8MWG      ITALY
24/06/13    1152Z 6 MTRS      CW    HA5FW       HUNGARY
24/06/13    1153Z 6 MTRS      CW    IW0FFK      ITALY
24/06/13    1154Z 6 MTRS      CW    SV8RX       GREECE
24/06/13    1155Z 6 MTRS      CW    I4MKN       ITALY
24/06/13    1156Z 6 MTRS      CW    IK0FTA      ITALY
24/06/13    1157Z 6 MTRS      CW    IW0GBU      ITALY
24/06/13    1206Z 6 MTRS      CW    IK4GME      ITALY
24/06/13    1209Z 6 MTRS      CW    I0EKY       ITALY
24/06/13    1210Z 6 MTRS      CW    IK0MS       ITALY
24/06/13    1215Z 6 MTRS      CW    IZ0DZM      ITALY
24/06/13    1224Z 6 MTRS      CW    IZ7SE       ITALY
24/06/13    1235Z 6 MTRS      CW    I6WJB       ITALY
24/06/13    1240Z 6 MTRS      CW    IZ7FLS      ITALY
24/06/13    1244Z 6 MTRS      CW    SV2CXW      GREECE
24/06/13    1250Z 6 MTRS      CW    I2WDX       ITALY
 Tonight the 25th June 2013, our 3rd opening occurred. This opening exhibited the same Sparodic E conditions, but this time Iran on 48.239600 MHZ and 48.252 MHZ, was very loud (S9 plus) during the opening.
25/06/13    1111Z 6 MTRS      CW    UT5URW            UKRAINE
 This was the only contact logged prior to the 48 MHZ indicators disappearing L
 I hope these contacts highlight that 50MHz experiences many different modes of propagation at various times of the year/solar cycle, and you never truly know how far your signal will go!

Gary - VK8AW / VK4ABW

INFO:  http://www.sixitalia.org/jv10/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=en

Sporadic 6m May 15, 2016 from EW6BN

SV8JNL, SM2EKM, SV2CXW, LZ0SJB (beacon 2W GP)

The 6 Meter OCF Sleeve Dipole Vertical

A slightly different 6M antenna project by N1GY, an Off center fed antenna for the 50 MHz.

INFO: http://www.n1gy.com/six-meter-antenna.html

Squalo antenna for 6m

The “Squalo” antenna, or square halo. In fact, it’s just a square folded dipole. It radiates in all directions, with -4dB gain on the sides (compared to the front and back side).

More info: http://www.pa3hcm.nl/?p=312

SV2DCD: TEP is back again on 6m

SV2DCD: TEP is back again on 6m: Nice TEP openings during the last evenings on 6m band Stations from ZS,TR,TJ worked from KN00 square Here are some spots from the DX cluster.
 

IS0GQX         50108.0 ZS6A         599 cq cq                          1743 21 Feb   South Africa
IS0GQX         50049.9 ZS6JON       bcn 569 in JM49                    1742 21 Feb   South Africa
IS0GQX         50044.3 ZS6TWB       bcn 579 in JM49                    1741 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8GKE-@       50108.0 ZS6A         519-529 tnx                        1727 21 Feb   South Africa
SV2CXW         50107.9 ZS6A         559 73                             1715 21 Feb   South Africa
IW0BET         50110.0 ZS6AYE       59 TNX  LOTW user                  1715 21 Feb   South Africa
I6BQI          50108.3 ZS6A         CQ CW 559                          1711 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8RX-@        50110.6 ZS6AYE       Braam South africa 58 in km07ks    1709 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8MQP-@       50108.0 ZS6A         tnx cq                             1709 21 Feb   South Africa
IZ7EUH         50110.0 ZS6AYE       CQ...                              1709 21 Feb   South Africa
SV1OAA         50107.9 ZS6A         599 km17 fb                        1707 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8GKE-@       50044.4 ZS6TWB/B     km08hr-kg46rc 529                  1656 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8GKE-@       50050.0 ZS6JON       579 tep km08hr-kg33vv              1654 21 Feb   South Africa
IK0SMG         50044.0 ZS6TWB/B     599                                1653 21 Feb   South Africa
IK0SMG         50050.0 ZS6JON/B     559                                1651 21 Feb   South Africa
EA3LL-@        50044.3 ZS6TWB       589 in jn01                        1633 21 Feb   South Africa
EA3LL-@        50050.0 ZS6JON       569                                1630 21 Feb   South Africa
EA3LL-@        50110.0 ZS6A         55 in jn01                         1626 21 Feb   South Africa
EC7DZZ         50110.0 ZS6A         5/9,tnx Pierre 73s.                1626 21 Feb   South Africa
IK0SMG         50044.0 ZS6TWB/B     529                                1624 21 Feb   South Africa
SV1OAA         50050.0 ZS6JON       559 km17                           1623 21 Feb   South Africa
EA4LU          50115.0 ZS6DEK       kg55 im68  5/5                     1622 21 Feb   South Africa
SV8RX-@        50110.0 ZS6A         Pierre 59 in km07ks                1617 21 Feb   South Africa
I6BQI          50115.0 ZS6A         cq 53                              1613 21 Feb   South Africa
EA4KM          50050.0 ZS6JON       IN80BE<>KG33VV  

Transequatorial propagation (TEP)

Transequatorial propagation (TEP) opening on 6m.
This afternoon my first conduct to 50Mhz for the year 2010, with ZS6NK, loc: KG46rc, 7205km.



More info for Transequatorial propagation : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_and_FM_DX

6m Beam, 3 el

Κεραία 3 στοιχειών για τους 50Mhz,με πολλές λεπτομέρειες, από τον καλό μου φίλο Νικο sv2dgw.