50.4 is dead
n4joy:
Anyone attempting to make contacts on 50.4? I've been calling CQ for weeks and no returns. In fact, it has been four years since I last made a contact on 50.4 outside a few locals. I've been pointing the beam in all directions and am greeted with silence.
C'mon everyone, dust off those old Cleggs and Gonsets and get on the air!
Opcom:
It looks open to some degree.
https://n3tuq.com/dxmap.php
I don't have anything workable on the band but if it's open for voice then someone should fire up if it's not too late tonite.
also see
https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php?Lan=&Frec=&ML=&Map=&HF=&DXC=ING2&GL=
Pete, WA2CWA:
The June VHF contest is this weekend.
QSY down between 50.125 and 50.2 MHz and work the SSB stations. They won't even know you're on AM. :D They will just think you have too much carrier.
The band has been open almost every day since early May BUT, the mode of choice has been FT8.
I haven't heard or worked any AM stations on 6 meters for at least a year or two.
KB2WIG:
Well, I can hear some one on 50.4, maybe a W5 and a W4ss?.......
klc
WB2PKR:
For a year or so, Ive heard a group in NE PA on 50.4, Sunday nights around 7:30pm local time.