Six meters will provide long range DX during the height of the solar cycle -
F layer skip
And not dependent on the solar cycle is Sporadic E -- with long range DX --
typically occurs during the summer months and a smaller peak in late winter

There are several other propagation modes as well -- see URL:

http://www.anarc.org/wtfda/propagation.htm

The east coast routinely works Europe on six meters if the band is open. The
west coast occaisionally works Europe and routinely works the the Pacific
with band openings

With sporadic E it is entirely possible to work all USA states including HI
and AL

But the band can be dead for long periods of time. DX is mostly SSB and some
CW


However many locations have line of sight operation either simplex or
repeaters
Check your repeater guide. Repeaters are FM of course

The packet clusters will alert you as to 6M activity

Also see URL:
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=6072
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CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !


SR ) writes:
I notice something interesting about this radio. Their are terminal for
6 meters. Throughout the last 10 years when I had scanned the 6 meters
on my scanner, I do not think I had never picked up any hams. (BTW I am
in the New York City area) Yes it is a very short band and it might be
more related to 2 meters, I would think.