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Old 02-10-2017, 06:30 PM
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Location: Knoxville, TN
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6 meters is good for local use year-round, but 6 meter DX is an entirely different animal. Several types of propagation rears it's head occasionally, but the most dependable is Sporadic "E". This starts to heat up in June and lasts a month or so. This past year, it was towards the end of June before it started up, but it lasted into August. There's also a winter season for this propagation that usually comes around in December. Of course, sporadic E can happen at any time, which is why 6 meters is known as the "magic band".

I've had the radio on and heard nothing for hours, and then all of the sudden a station comes in loud and clear from several states away. There were mornings in June and July where the stations were coming at me so quick I couldn't log them fast enough, only to have the band suddenly go "dead" and not hear another station for days. Suffice it to say, DX on 6 meters requires patience
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