[50mhz] [6 Meter Sked] RE: [SMIRK] Picture of current 6 Meter FM setup...

[Chris Boone]

Add to that:

FM Vert: 52.49 and 52.55 (remember most of the country still uses the OLD
ARRL -1 MHz offset ODD channel numbering scheme....OR the NW US  -1.7MHz
offset...only those using the Southern Calif plan rammed down everyone
else's throat by the ARRL VRAC is on even channels; you can see how many
went for it......personally, I think its time to totally redo 6FM....1.6MHz
split like 220, back to the even channels of the 1960s but 20 instead of 40
kHz spacing...that way EVERYONE has to change...NO one could bitch! ;) For
real 6FM, get a Midland SynTech II lowband....320 ch capable and you never
run out of channels even with all possible repeater freqs (well the known
ones ;) programmed in...and it has the best noise blanker I have EVER used
on  6.......period. If not, make SURE the Multimode rig you want to use on
6FM DOES have the NB work in the FM mode...MOST DO NOT (My FT857D doesn't
yet the older FT690R series DOES...go figure! Even some FM only rigs don't
have NB like the rare Comtronix FM-200 (which I have one for sale if anyone
is interested)...too bad....a NB can take a FM rig from NOT hearing a signal
due to external noise to almost full quieting QSO....(I personally have seen
Motorola's MICORs with 0.25uV sens on the bench go to 200+uV on the antenna
without the NB on...but ON, the NB made the rcvr have an effective sens of
5uV or less...made a BIG difference in range; this was on a base station in
a power substation that was NOISY from AM to 150MHz!)

Have not heard anyone on 50.325 FM (but then I don't have that one
programmed)....of course, AM is 50.4000 always ;)

Domestic CW can go right up to 50.1000...I've worked a few there and on .09x
as well..Some packet going on about 50.62 and up....PSK31 is 50.290 and
other digital modes are +/- from 50.300 which makes me wonder WHY the Calif
guys (again) decided to go FM voice there and not up at 50.35...oh well...

AND don't forget the automatic beacon range to listen for openings....50.06
to 50.08.....and from 50.0 to 50.1 is CW only....lots of foreign beacons in
50.0 to 50.06 range as well... one day the Quito Ecuador beacon on 50.050
(iirc) was BOOMING into Houston at S9+....its only a 10w beacon unless they
have changed it...
Yet no SSB or CW from down south..just the beacon :(

Chris
WB5ITT

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Subject: Re: [50mhz] [6 Meter Sked] RE: [SMIRK] Picture of current 6 Meter
FM setup...

> Can one of you old hands tell me a few of your "secrets" about the
> band for an old novice?
>
FM Vertical - 52.525, 52.540
FM Horizontal - 50.300, 50.325
Domestic SSB - 50.125 to 50.225
DX SSB - 50.103 to 50.123
Domestic CW - 50.082 to 50.092
DX CW - 50.093 to 50.103
Digital - 50.230 to 50.290