If you're in NCDXC or part of any DX packet cluster, "spots" come up on six meters just like they do for any of the HF bands, so keep that turned on any time you're around the house and let it alert you.
If you didn't buy the A505S beam yet, consider instead the M2 model 6M5X. It's simply better in every single respect. The boom is 6' longer and it has more gain and a more defined pattern at any height above ground; it also has a lower-loss feed system (something you cannot model), and actually weighs less than the A505S, so it will place less load on your telescoping mast. It's also manufactured 3000 miles closer to where you live, by somebody who has accomplished more on the six meter band than any typical set of 100 hams have read about.
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