<html><body><div id="edo-message"><div>I ran a Motorola syntor x radio 100 watts into a beam antenna pointed towards the Maryland area where there is or was some 6 m aprs on 50.620 a couple of years ago to see if I could get some sporadic E into a igate there but never seen the call sign on aprs.fi. <style>#edo-signature img {max-width: 90%}</style><div id="edo-signature" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','Helvetica',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font:'-apple-system-body';"></div></div><div>Dale N0KQX</div></div><div id="edo-original"><div><br><br><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:1ex 0 0 0;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:0.5ex;"><div>On Mar 6, 2017 at 12:29, <<a href="mailto:earl.kd5xb@gmail.com">Earl Needham</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div dir="auto"><div>50.62 rang a bell with me, and I googled it. It seems that Bob Bruninga wrote a paper some time ago about the issue, and 50.62 is indeed the frequency used in his area. See <a href="http://aprs.org/6m-aprs.html">http://aprs.org/6m-aprs.html</a> and <a href="http://www.tapr.org/pipermail/aprssig/2010-August/033903.html">http://www.tapr.org/pipermail/aprssig/2010-August/033903.html</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anybody using six for APRS? What radios and antennas do you use?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Earl</div><div dir="auto">KD5XB</div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 6, 2017 10:34 AM, "Jess Haas" <<a href="mailto:km6gvw@jesshaas.com" target="_blank">km6gvw@jesshaas.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_1188668104812326463quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I believe it is 50.62. 6 meter seems ideal for a longer range fixed station messaging backbone. If we got some smarter path routing involved we could get some real range out of the system without being reliant on the internet.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If anyone is interested in setting something up in southern california I could setup a station(igate, digipeater whatevers needed) in culver city.</div><font color="#888888"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Jess</div></font></div><div class="m_1188668104812326463elided-text"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 6, 2017 9:25 AM, "Earl Needham" <<a href="mailto:earl.kd5xb@gmail.com" target="_blank">earl.kd5xb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">We've talked about using 6 meters for APRS in the past and I don't think it ever went very far. The reason, in my opinion, that 2 meters has worked so well for APRS is that it's on a common frequency nation-state. That, plus the fact that 2 meter radios are so available.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">IS there a common frequency for 6 meter APRS?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Vy 7 3</div><div dir="auto">Earl</div><div dir="auto">KD5XB</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 6, 2017 9:05 AM, "Robert Bruninga" <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We think that 6m APRS is an ideal applicataion... especially when 100W<br>
mobile low-band surplus radios are so cheap. A guy got 100 of them for $10<br>
each. But then he had to modify them and add TNC's.<br>
<br>
Although this is ideal for mobile for longer distances than 2m, the problem<br>
is there will never be enough infrastrucuter for travel out of area except<br>
in local areas that embrace it.<br>
<br>
A better idea for 6m radio is for emergency APRS communications at all<br>
operatinos centers. Hams will want to use 2m and 70c bands for voice and so<br>
we do not want APRS messaging and tactical situational awareness objects to<br>
interfere.<br>
<br>
SO best to have 6m APRS at all emergency comms sites as a 3rd band for<br>
interchange between all emergency comm sites. The sites will of course,<br>
MONITOR 144.39 national frequency so they can see all incoming APRS tactical<br>
situation, but their messaging between emergency centers on 6m would not<br>
interfere with other voice ops on 2m and 70cm.<br>
<br>
Bob, WB4aPR<br>
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Subject: 6 m APRS<br>
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Hi Bob,<br>
<br>
My name is Gilles, VE2GQF and live in Sherbrooke, Québec and an aprs<br>
enthousiat since the begening !<br>
<br>
We are interested to try APRS on 6 m band in Quebec province. Is it a good<br>
idea ? Is this mode on this band is always used ? Internet seem to be have<br>
no large information about it ?<br>
<br>
I'm going to Florida in few days, is there always any 6 m APRS Igate near<br>
Washington and Georgia - If yes I will transmet APRS 6 m beacon in my trip.<br>
<br>
<br>
Thank's for your answer and sorry if my english is not good, this is not my<br>
first langage.<br>
<br>
<br>
73's Gilles ve2gqf<br>
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