Phil:
You mentioned that there was alot of 6M activity in the past in Colorado.
Everytime I have experienced an opening on 6 here, i have always heard more
colorado stations then anything else.
Is there still substantial local activity there?
We have one 6M repeater in the city here, but its receiver has a
desensatisation problem when it is being used.
Apparently the repeater cavities are not tuned, or don't exist, because when
ever someone tries to hold the repeater and talk on it, it nearly shuts
down, yet it can be curchunked from almost anywhere in the city with an HT.
I suspect the transmitter is desensatising the receiver and not allowing the
receiver to do its job while someone is trying to use the machine.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "Tom Fowle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: 6 Meter Activity


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> Hi John,
> Yes this is very normal.
>
> six meters exists as close above the typical "MUF" maximum usable
> frequency' as any ham band. this is the highest frequency at
> which radio waves bounce off the ionasphere.  Yes simplified
> quite a bit.
>
> so as the sunspot cycles change, as they do all the time,when the
> "MUF" rises, 6 becomes a long skip band, and otherwise it can be
> very dead indeed unless there is consistant local activity like 2
> meters.
>
> some times you can work long D.X. with low power, but very often
> it's very local.
>
> 73s
> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
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