WELCOME TO 6M EME! 6m Long est Path Comes of Age





W7GJ EME antennas on AZ/EL mounts (L to R): 16x17 el for 2m at 27' high, 11 el for 6m at 70' high, 4x9 el for 6m at 32' high



INTRODUCTION

REALLY

do

REAL

W5SXD

K5WVX

just

HUGE





The author operating 6m EME. The desktop computer monitor displays JT65, while the laptop monitors the receiver audio using Spectran.



COMMON MOON WINDOW

GJTRACKER

DECLINATION CHANGES

declination

STATION REQUIREMENTS

very

If you want to be able to contact stations smaller than yours, or run less power yourself, you will have to make up for the gain on your end with a larger antenna. With my array of four long yagis, I have completed contacts with numerous single yagi stations running between 400 and 600w, and with some single yagi stations using only 100w. There currently are dozens of steerable four yagi stations around the world, which makes it easy for single yagi horizon-only stations to make EME schedules.





The author standing at the base of his four yagi 6m EME array, manually positioning the antenna after untying it.







really

GROUND GAIN - USE IT TO ADVANTAGE!





Figure 1 - Ground Gain Lobes of Typical Single Beam Antenna 3.5 Wavelengths Above Ground



Figure 1

Figure 1





Figure 2 - Ground Gain Lobe of Typical Stacked Beam Antenna Centered 1.6 Wavelengths Above Ground



CONDITIONS AFFECTING 6M MOONBOUNCE

outside the peak

degredation

GJTRACKER

SCHEDULES

ACTIVE STATIONS





THE FIRST STEP - TESTING FOR ECHOES

RESOURCES





CONCLUSION



On 6m EME, the Magic never ends...





