6 Meters (50 Mhz) Open

Including Digital Modes (DMR, P25, D-STAR, FUSION)
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kevnerd486
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6 Meters (50 Mhz) Open

Post by kevnerd486 » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:38 am

For Amateurs and SWL here 6m has been open all times of the day and night the last week. I have even been receiving vk4 and vk7 FM 53Mhz repeaters on my scanner.

SSB activity is on calling freq 50.110 USB, 52.100 USB (for Standard Licence holders) and 52.525 FM.

I was working the VK7 repeater last night on 53.700Mhz and it was 60dB over for hours.

Propagation is Sporadic E, have a look at this page for info,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporadic_E_propagation.

This time of year it can be interesting to scan the low vhf bands and even FM Broadcasts can be received over 1000km.


Regards

Kev

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Re: 6 Meters (50 Mhz) Open

Post by citabria » Wed Nov 30, 2016 2:33 pm

Very nice! This must be one of the 5 days a year or so that the bands are wide open!

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