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I took a quick listen to 6m with my Yaesu FT-847 and a simple dipole
strung across the second story eaves. No packet heard, but I note
the noise floor across the band is between S6 and S7, with peaks at
S9. Lots of digital sounding stuff, but even the "quiet" parts have
a high noise floor. Is this normal for this band now, or is it just
my location? <br>
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Greg KO6TH<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Jess Haas wrote:<br>
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<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.
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<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>
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<div dir="auto">-Jess</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 6, 2017 9:25 AM, "Earl Needham"
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<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.
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<div dir="auto">IS there a common frequency for 6 meter
APRS?</div>
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<div dir="auto">Vy 7 3</div>
<div dir="auto">Earl</div>
<div dir="auto">KD5XB</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 6, 2017 9:05 AM, "Robert
Bruninga" <<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bruninga@usna.edu</a>>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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Thank's for your answer and sorry if my english is not
good, this is not my<br>
first langage.<br>
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73's Gilles ve2gqf<br>
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