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Posted by John J. Blair on Sat Jul 24 09:41:13 2004, in response to Re: Ham Radio - Sundays Mod trip,
posted by JPC on Sat Jul 24 09:13:13 2004.
The trouble is, 6m on an HT is never quite what you want. 6m is all about DX, and for that you want a proper antenna (minimum, a 1/4 wave vertical, or a resonant loop), a goodly amount of power, and SSB/CW capabilities. 6m FM is fine lor local if you've got repeaters (and we have a few around here, though very few compared to 2m and 440 - I think 1270 has about as many repeaters as 6m here), but the antenna limitation still remains.
73 (I think that term comes from the old railroad telegraph days, to put this back on topic...)
Jeremy N2ZLQ
6m is useless for DX bxcept when low sunspot levels push the MUF above the 6m band. the Zerocuse Boyz use military surplus RT-524's (10 watts FM) into 1/4 wave whips for mobile and Ringo Rangers for base installations. We do not have repeaters for 6 around here which suits us just fine. in a rag chew, repeaters are a worse than uesless PITA because the trustees only want you to talk about ARRL approved matters, acting like a bunch of message board moderators. (funny thing, most of our QSO's are about trains on a highly technical level because we are active mechanical volunteers with Adirondack Scenic RR).
73 from N2MMM.
BTW "73" did come from Railroad telegraphers.
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