[50mhz] 6m digital modes?

[Bruce - KB6LWN/rcc]

On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Chris Boone wrote:

> PSK31 can be found on 50.031 MHz.......RTTY on 6?
> havent heard any in a long time! SSTV is likely
> to be found in the SSB section (50.1 to 50.39)....

50.10 to 50.39 = 'SSB section' ?

I thought 50.30 to 50.60 was "ALL mode" ?!
But I'm not surprized that Sideband ops would be
crowding right up against the 50.40 AM Call/Net
Freq, just as is std practice on 75m, but I was
hoping (apparently against the odds) that this
kind of mentality wouldn't happen on 6m.  <sigh> :-(

Personally, I try to be a gentleman about this and
not venture below 50.300 with AM (and normally much
below 50.350) because I don't want to cause any
interference to the SSB ops... This leaves those
of us that use AM mode with a slice of a 4 MHz
band equaling something less than about 200 Kc...

Considering the narrow emission of the SSB mode,
and that it's in the lower freqs - taking better
advantage of MUF, on a band that can be VERY
MUF-dependant...  Well...  I'm not looking
for a mode-vs-mode flame war ;-/

Just a little inter-operator consideration.

73 - Bruce