[SOC] QST Editorial - 6 meters and a scarred childhood

[David W6DTW]

To determine if you're in an area which has TV transmitters on channels 2
thru 4 (54 MHz - 72 MHz) you can use the TVFool site:

   http://tvfool.com/

(Tres SOC-appropriate URL, non?) 

Enter your address and approximate antenna height.  If you don't want to use
your own, use your annoying neighbor's address.  (You know what I mean; the
same guy's address you put on those subscription cards for Playgirl and then
checked the "Bill Me Later" box?  Don't deny it.)

You'll be given a table of transmitters, an azimuth "radar" plot, and a
bandscope plot.  You want to look at the "Real Channel" numbers, not the
"Virtual Channel" numbers.  In my case; the closest Channel 2 is the
ironically-named KQRM about 100 miles away.  Channel 3 is 60 miles away.
Both are low-power analog stations.  I can say based on this I should be OK
on 6m.

Best,

...dtw



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom McCulloch [mailto:thom2 at att.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 18:22
To: Second Class Operators' Club
Subject: [SOC] QST Editorial - 6 meters and a scarred childhood

The current issue of QST has an editorial on the "new" 6 meter band.  The 
point they are making is that RFI is no longer a problem on six because the 
TV stations (mostly) all moved away from the 6 meter band...is this really 
true (the part that it's no longer a TVI risk)?

I've spent a lot of time on the shrink's couch trying to undo the horror of 
my teenage years having been branded "that kid that causes all those 
problems on our TV" and still more than a little bit gun-shy

Seriously, is it safe to back in the water?

Tnx
Tom
WB2QDG
soc #... (errr, it's here someplace) 

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