Links to Sources of Data About 6-M DX on the Web

Presented by W8TN

at the DX Forum of the WV State ARRL Convention

25-August-2007

 

List of Links to Almost Everything in Ham Radio - http://www.ac6v.com/

 

UK Six Metre Group - http://www.uksmg.org/index_cs.php

Multiple articles about "How to Work 6-M DX" - http://www.uksmg.org/archive4.htm

6-M News (QSL.net site may take a while to load):

http://www.qsl.net/oz6om/

Announced DX Operations - http://www.ng3k.com/misc/adxo.html

Propagation:

http://www.anarc.org/wtfda/propagation.htm - Good discussion of various propagation modes and when they are most likely to occur.

6-M Beacons:

http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/50.htm

Propagation Logger & DX Cluster spots:

This will return just 6-M spots from DX Summit - http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/50.html?

This will return just 6-M spots from Ham Radio Deluxe - http://www.ham-radio.ch/dxc/top_50_50_MHz.html

Watch FOUR 6-M loggers at once - http://www.weatherincayman.com/zf1dc/cluster.htm

http://dxworld.com/50prop.html

http://dxworld.com/magicband.html

http://ac6v.com/propagation.htm#VHF - Links to VHF/UHF Propagation Info

Chat pages - DXers.info is U.S. mostly and ON4KST is European mostly.

http://www.dxers.info/ - Requires registration then click on the link you want from the matrix.

http://www.on4kst.com/chat/start.php - Mostly European

Digital modes:

http://jt6m.org/home.php - Using WSJT mode JT6M for meteor scatter contacts. You don't need to run high power/large antenna arrays to make QSO's with JT6M. Many successful QSO's using less than 50W and 3 el yagi have been made.

http://k1six.com/6Mweak.htm - PRIMER for WSJT Modes on 6-M

http://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/ - K1JT Homepage where you can Download WSJT and find the documentation.

EME (Moon-Bounce):

http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj - Yep, it’s being done all the time. 600-watts and a 6-L yagi will get you in the game rather well.

http://members.cox.net/aa7a/6M_EME/6M_EME_page_1.htm

http://bigskyspaces.com/w7gj/6mRopeYagi.htm

Clear up RFI

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/rfi-elec.html

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/rfi-noise/ - Hear what various noise sources sound like.

Various pages with good 6-M info:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/toys/ - Grid Square Locator

http://www.qsl.net/n3db/

http://www.g0che.co.uk/home.php

http://www.qsl.net/gm3woj/6mDX.htm - 6-M DX Information Sheet