[SixClub] 6M must be open

[Chris Boone]

There are some hi power digital still on LB VHF TV ...so he could have been
watching a DTV...

Yes, LP, CA (class A/higher power LPs with bigger protection area) and
translators in analog mode are still around, but not for long.. The Class A
is highest in power...300 to 5000 W on LB IIRC..
If you are getting a lowband digital low power, then 50MHz should be open..

Chris
WB5ITT
Frequency Coordinator of the Society of Broadcast Engineers
Chapter 134 SE TX and SW La

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sixclub-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kd4e
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:49 PM
> To: themagicband at yahoogroups.co.uk; World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6M must be open
> 
> Not all analog stations are gone, just most of them.
> 
> Certain "repeaters" into more remote areas and low
> power special purpose stations we allowed to stay on
> analog.
> 
> I would think that were 6M open the beacons would be
> showing up.
> 
> Does anyone have a system of online receivers that
> monitors the beacons and graphically displays them
> by repeater location and monitoring receiver location?
> 
> If not that would be a really valuable resource.
> 
> I could probably put a 6M and 10M receiver online and
> hook it to the Internet to feed such monitoring network.
> 
> Note:  The themagicband at yahoogroups.co.uk is a UK-based
> list, so not everyone here is USA-centered.  The other
> list World Wide Six Meter Club <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
> is USA-based, though there are members who are not in the
> USA.  The FM-focused list AR52MHZ at yahoogroups.com I
> believe is also US-based but international in membership.
> 
> 
> > How are you picking up stations if there all gone?
> > As far as I knew all the stations have cleared off to go digital.
> > Am I missing something?
> >
> > As far as a 6M opening I received no alerts at all today.
> >
> > James
> > KB7TBT
> > www.kb7tbt.com
> >
> >> I'm picking up TV stations all over two states, but there's not
> >> a soul on 6M! No spots on the DX cluster either! Man, it's
> >> bad to be the only guy on the air when the band is open!
> >> I'm in South Carolina. Temps are supposed to be near 70
> >> tomorrow, so I bet it's going to be wide open tomorrow too!
> >>
> >> 73, -Web (AJ4VM)