[50mhz] 6m Point-to-Point Distances?

[Art Roberts]

Back when I was first licensed (1960) and started working 6 meters, I was
living outside Denver and South of the National Bureau of Standards. The
Bureau was working on  a project that ran at 49.5 MHz  They had eight 5
element yagis at around 30 feet, all lined up and aimed at a station outside
Chicago, that had the same setup. They were investigating tropo scatter, and
if they could maintain constant contact with a KW station and this antenna
setup. From my memory, it seemed to work as hoped. We could hear the Chicago
station occasionally with our limited antennas.

I think my 72 year old memory has this right.

Art
W1AER
Tariffville, CT


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Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2015 6:52 PM
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Subject: [50mhz] 6m Point-to-Point Distances?

Questions:

What's a reasonable expectation of 6m mobile-to-mobile direct communications
@ 25w - 50w?

How does that change if one station is fixed and the antenna is at 30-35'?

What about two fixed locations w/antennas both at 30-35'?

I've read about repeaters using 6m as a backbone but what about control
signals and/or digital modes, must that be at 220 or higher?

I used to know this stuff but you know, lack of use, and all that ... surely
not age!  ;-)

Thanks - David KD4E


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*David* KD4E
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