[SixClub] 6M must be open

[Roger (K8RI)]

kd4e wrote:
> Not all analog stations are gone, just most of them.
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And there are  high power digital on ch 2 here in the states.  Ch 2 
moved from Detroit to Kalamazoo, but they are active.  There are also 
other low VHF here in Michigan.  Our so called local channels in the 
Saginaw, Midland area are all UHF, but with my antennas at 90 plus feet, 
my local area is a lot larger than most.

Although stations are migrating from low VHF to high VHF, Digital did 
not all go to UHF.  IIRC there are still 20 some Ch 2's in the US let 
alone low VHF as a whole.
> Certain "repeaters" into more remote areas and low
> power special purpose stations we allowed to stay on
> analog.
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> 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.
>
>
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>> 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?
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Yup, There was a lot of channel shuffling, but digital is not just UHF.

73

Roger (Please do not cross post between groups)
>> As far as a 6M opening I received no alerts at all today.
>>
>> James
>> KB7TBT
>> www.kb7tbt.com
>>
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>>> 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)
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