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Mike Knellfinal tally: OH G GM GI GD EA HA 7X <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a>

Mike Knell6 metres is definitely living up to its reputation. So dead since yesterday afternoon that I had to reassure myself that the antenna was plugged in, then about half an hour ago Es suddenly opened up to the UK and Finland (and now Spain) and I made a brace of contacts on FT8. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a>

K3LOE Mikecmon cmon cmon cmon many wanted entities. This ham's on staycation!<a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/vacation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vacation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6meters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6meters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6m</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/GridTracker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GridTracker</a>

K3LOE MikeSeems like FT4 would be more popular on the magic band. Those clouds of charged ion particles don't stick around long!Do people maybe try six meter FT4 at the end of the summer after their FT8 logbook is full? Where are the FT4 advocates at lol? <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FT4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FT4</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6m</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6meters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6meters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a>

K3LOE MikeMore discussions w/ new hams should focus on HOW they HAVE to operate vs “what you’re trying to accomplish.” New hams don’t know what direction they’ll take out of the million available in <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmateurRadio</a>“You live at 35° lat, on the US east coast, have to be quiet at home & have daytime flexibility in the summer? Consider Six Meter FT8, you can have fun chasing DX as a Technician with a homebrew antenna!” would have been helpful advice for me. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NewHam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewHam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NewHams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewHams</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6m</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6meters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6meters</a>

K3LOE MikeOK, new-to-me, handmade by N4HER 6m aluminum dipole is up in experimental location (attic 🤦). SWR is 1.4. CQ is running on FT8...hoping for my first magic band contacts on dad day!This was an unplanned antenna purchase, so I need to research how to attach this thing to a mast and how to attach mast to house.<a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6m</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6meters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6meters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FT8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FT8</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/fathersday2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fathersday2025</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NewHam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewHam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/NewHams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewHams</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/N4HER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#N4HER</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/antennas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antennas</a>

M0KHRThe signals came and gone in 90 secs, but bagged an FT8 to Sardinia.<a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6m</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a>

Jouni OH3CUFHey 6m band, what the .. ????Argentina is heard here in Finland. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a>

Jouni OH3CUF6m is LIT here in Europe. I made contacts on SSB and CW all over Europe with 50W on a dipole.The QSB is super fast. From 57 to absolute zero in few seconds. Two of my SSB contacts ended like that. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amateurradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/radioamateur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radioamateur</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6m</a>

cstephens2The other issue with that location is that it's in an already narrow corridor, so having people stopping and standing to watch creates even more of a congestion point. I guess they couldn't figure out a better place to put it, especially with space at a premium in that land. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicBandPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBandPlus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasyland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fantasyland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicBands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disneyland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disneyland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disneyland70" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disneyland70</a> 2/2

cstephens2One of the locations for the new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicBandPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBandPlus</a> interactions for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disneyland70" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disneyland70</a> is in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasyland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fantasyland</a> . There are five activations with accompanying audio and visual. However, unlike the other locations and contrary to what's stated in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disneyland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disneyland</a> app, there is no souvenir printout at this location, unlike the other three active locations. Odd. I guess they couldn't figure out a way to make it work to dispense something when there are five activations? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicBands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBands</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disneyland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disneyland</a> 1/2

K0̷IN Fr. MartyOpinions on 6m antennas of the omnidirectional varieties? No rotator available. No "tower" but could possibly mount on a 10-ft. eaves mount that currently holds a vertical. Primarily CW, Digi and SSB in that order. Not much FM at all. Remember, I'm in Iowa, so not exactly a center of 6m activity! <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/antenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antenna</a>

Loren LeptonCaptain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Trout Mask Replica • One of my all time favourites. A journey I can’t describe nor would want to. Listened to as a young child & still find it engaging as a vey much not young child some many moons later. Finding small bits I missed the last time I listened to it • <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vinylrecords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vinylrecords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vinyl?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vinyl</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/music?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vinylcollection?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vinylcollection</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/captainbeefheart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#captainbeefheart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/magicband?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/beefheart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beefheart</a>

𝑮7𝑰𝙕𝑼 𝑹𝙍𝑫Radio propagationMali station TZ4AM is strong into the UK on 6m 50.110 MHZ USB this lunchtime via sporadic-E. Far more interesting than FT8!<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/radiopropagation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#radiopropagation</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amateurradio</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/six" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#six</a>

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦“Once again, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CaptainBeefheart" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CaptainBeefheart</a> and the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MagicBand" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a>” <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SNL" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SNL</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHpmFquuYfZ/?igsh=MWE4bjBlMHFkY3Rv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/reel/DHpmFqu...</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHpmFquuYfZ/?igsh=MWE4bjBlMHFkY3Rv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Login • Instagram</a>

K0̷IN Fr. MartyAny on-line resources to help identify 6m band openings before or as they occur? <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6meters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6meters</a>

Kelvin n0mql EN35ldSeeing a few stations on <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/SixMeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SixMeters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/FT8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FT8</a> is not super rare.Seeing a signal 21dB into the red is rare.Oh, Forest Lake. Yeah, he's probably 10 miles from me.<a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamRadio</a>

Fantha Tracks - Star Wars NewsNew MagicBand+ arrive at Walt Disney World <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MagicBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MagicBand</a> Take a look at the three new MagicBand+ Star Wars releases. <a href="https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/collecting/new-magicband-arrive-at-walt-disney-world/?feed_id=27620" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/collecting/new-magicband-arrive-at-walt-disney-world/?feed_id=27620</a>

Jouni OH3CUFTens of stations on 6m SSB. Quite rare I think. Magic band for sure!Graph tells that it has been pretty good for whole day.<a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#6m</a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a>

Futuristic Robert [KJ5ELX] :donor:Well this was a fun night logging 6-meter QSOs. First experience with the magic band. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Would recommend!<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hamradio</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/magicband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magicband</a>

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