[SixClub] Dah Dit Dah Dit! Dah Dah Dit Dah!

[Chris Boone]

The 6mtr FM calling freq (also known as the National Simplex Frequency)is as
easy as 29.6 on 10 or 146.52 on 2.. It IS 52.525MHz...always has been (WHY??
AHH that's the rest of the story which I will explain in a second email)..As
for other calling freqs, they are all gentlemen's agreement......a calling
freq SHOULD be used only to call and then move off to QSO....but in reality,
that doesn't happen....50.125 is both a calling and working freq it seems...
Calling CW on a SSB freq is no problem....it does not interfer with the SSB
usage......the CW guys can go narrow filter and not be bothered...if it is
not meant to be intentional, why not??? CW will get through when SSB doesn't
anyway...and I have worked many folks on CW when the SSB freqs were quiet...

If you hear them and they interfer with a QSO you have, ask them to
move...that's the amateur way.
If they don't move, that's the 10-4 way and Riley will be contacting them :)

Chris
WB5ITT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe N3PKC
> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 5:17 PM
> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Dah Dit Dah Dit! Dah Dah Dit Dah!
> 
> 
> It's just wierd Rich because six meters has always been a 
> band where it's been unclear exactly what is where.  For 
> example ten and two meters were very easy for me to figure 
> out an FM simplex calling freq.  On six it's a matter of 
> region or opinion.  Perhaps you can tell me the history of 
> this lack of concensus? Even my "Icom hamfest bandplan" shows 
> many different "calling frequencies" for the same mode.  
> Maybe these plans were made before VHF propagation was taken 
> seriously?