6m radios

[David Aitcheson - KB3EFS]

Hey Gary,

If my memmory doesn't have to much bit-rot... I think Catonsville needs
a tone to get into it.  The guys at LARC would know. But give them a
few days to recover, they just lost N3TZA to "SK" status.  Also ask if
the Jessup repeater system has a 6m side to the 2m/1.25m/.7m complex.

73
Dave - KB3EFS - FN24bi
Webmaster http://www.propnet.org

--- Gary Chatters <gc-ar-l at garychatters.com> wrote:

> Tom Azlin, N4ZPT wrote:
> > There is one 6 meter repeater up in Maryland, the MARC 53.270
> repeater, 
> > that we were using for an activity night. Was some activity before
> the 
> > summer simplex on 52.51 just below the 52.525 calling frequency.
> >
> > 73. Tom
> >   
> 
> There should be a small increase in 6M activity on the north side of
> the 
> Potomac in the near future.  A small group of us who frequent the 
> Goddard ARC repeater have been buying and converting old commercial 
> radios to 6M and 10M.  The primary model of interest is the Motorola 
> Syntor X.  This is a heavy trunk mount style radio capable of 110
> watts 
> output.  One feature of particular interest is the fact that it is 
> rather broadband and will cover both 6M and 10M.  You can program in 
> both 6M and 10M channels and switch between them without any
> retuning.  
> The antenna is more of a problem. 
> 
> The Syntor X uses EEPROM modules for programming.  Thus, it is
> necessary 
> to have a EEPROM programmer and you have to compute the bit patterns.
>  
> But you do not need any Motorola software.  More recently some of us 
> have been working on the Syntor X9000.  This version is software 
> programmable.  It has an advantage in having an 11 character 
> alphanumeric display so you can program in something indicative of
> the 
> actual frequency rather than just having a channel number.
> 
> We have been working on these for quite some time and are just now 
> getting to the point of actually using them.  One guy recently
> installed 
> one in his van.  One has his set up in his car up in Pennsylvania.  I
> am 
> occasionally getting on from home and will eventually get one in the
> car.
> 
> We are only starting to learn about the level of activity.  Here is
> my 
> current impression:
> 
> Simplex:
> 
> Use of simplex seems to be more popular on 6M than on 2M ("seems" as
> in 
> I can not really quantify it yet).  The national simplex frequency, 
> 52.525 MHz, has some activity here in Maryland and I have heard one
> or 
> two users down in Virginia. 
> 
> Repeaters:
> 
> Here are the repeaters that I have been able to keyup from Greenbelt.
> 
> 51.86  Fredericksburg
> 53.13  Alexandria
> 53.25  Ashton
> 53.27  MARC Germantown
> 
> I have also heard activity on 53.47 Catonsville, but can not key it
> up.
> One of the other guys has keyed up the 53.09 Westminster system.
> 
> 73,
> Gary
> WA9ZZZ
> 
> > Mike O'Dell wrote:
> >   
> >> so is there a 6m repeater around, or is it all point-to-point?
> >>
> >> btw  - i'm at a meeting with Jimmy Trebig - "Mr. Six Meters"
> >> his 6m eme station has four of the 70' boom M2 antennas
> >> mounted in a quad array on an M2 alt/az mount on a 125' tower.
> >>
> >>      -mo
> >>     
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