https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/43cd3c89-d1d1-4e66-a912-e774edbfcd30 You've probably seen the video on the SummerLoop - a 40 centimetre diameter magnetic loop for 15 through to 6 metres. Since then the weather's hotted up as have the band conditions. The summer sporadic E season is upon us and six metres isn't just noise anymore. In this video I go down the beach to suss out six. All but one of the contacts took place on Saturday 31 December 2011 - a day when 50 MHz was wide open between VK3 and VK4 (distances around 1000 - 1500km). The transceiver used was an FT-817 with 5 watts output. See the first SummerLoop video for more info about the antenna's construction. UPDATE: This loop has now been rebuilt into a more efficient version with aluminium strip. Details at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kykqimN7nvI PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube,, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv, or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Sat, 09 May 2026 05:56:14 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/43cd3c89-d1d1-4e66-a912-e774edbfcd30 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.