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

[Chris Boone]

Actually, the DX calling freq is 50.110.....with the stateside calling freq
on 50.125...
HOWEVER, there was a push a few years back by SMIRK and other groups to move
the stateside calling freq to 50.200 to make it compatible with the 2m
144.200 calling freq....it has never been widely accepted...thats because 6m
can be open to 50.125 but NOT 50.200...Ive seen it myself......144.2 is the
same propogation as the rest of the 2mtr band...but the MUF seems to travel
up and down the 6m band at will...and sometimes the SSB portion will be
HOPPING and the FM section at 52 MHz is DEAD!! Ive even seen 50.110 open and
you go up to say 50.2 or higher and nada!

For the record (And ICOM and others not withstanding), the accepted
frequencies (I don't call it a bandplan because it sounds too much like a
FM/rptr group is in charge and they ARENT in the weak signal ranges outside
the rptr subbands!....someone tell that to the Texas VHF FM Society which
wants to claim IT's bandplan includes the weak signal, non rptr
segements..."I DON'T THINK SO, Scooter!"...with kudos to fellow Texan, Ron
White ;) are:

CW: 50.0-50.1
Automatic controlled beacons in the US: 50.06-50.08 (FCC rules)
SSB: 50.1 and up...
SSB DX calling freq: 50.110
SSB N.A. calling freq: 50.125
PSK31: 50.29
AM calling and working freq: 50.4
Packet: 50.62 (50.5-50.8 range)
Remote Control models; 50.8-51.0 (ALL other modes PLEASE do not xmit here!)
FM/rptrs: 51-54 (various splits in use with most common: -1.7 MHz and the
older -1MHz on ODD channels 20khz spaced)
FM national simplex frequency: 52.525

Chris
WB5ITT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed Parish K1EP
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:34 PM
> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Dah Dit Dah Dit! Dah Dah Dit Dah!
> 
> 
> At 12/25/2004 06:16 PM, Joe N3PKC wrote:
> >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?
> 
> Heck, my Icom bandplan handout (2004) lists 50.125 as the 
> national calling frequency on one side of the poster and 
> 50.125 as the DX calling frequency on the other side of the 
> same handout (with 50.200 listed as the calling freq).  Seems 
> like Icom has a lack of consensus.
>