Hello Rick, There is some activity on the digital modes on vhf (aside from WSJT MS and EME where I tend to spend most of my time). Activity centers on 50.290 and 144.150; most use horizontal antennas (or elese those are the only ones I can hear) but there is little sustained activity aside from Joe's 7 central time Friday night Olivia net on 144.150. I am not sure why, it is a good fairly consistant condition situation although I know that I, for one, have alot of local powerline noise on 6 meters. Most seem to work PSK31, not the most robust of modes but there is some Olivia/MFSK/DominoEX and Hell at times. In fact I have had so few opportunites on digital vhf of recent that I am not sure how certain modes like PAX/PAX2, MT63 or CHIP would do on vhf.
73 Bill N9DSJ --- In [email protected], KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Something that has disappointed me a bit is that while we have > substantial numbers of Technician Class operators, and all these amazing > multiband/multimode rigs, very few operators will consider digital on > the VHF bands. > > When I upgraded a couple years ago to an ICOM 756 Pro 2 and made my HB > interface, I hoped to try this out for "local" contacts and also for > weak signal operation on 6 meters even though my antenna might be a > marginal multiband vertical type. > > But I have not found any other operators in the area (50 to 100 miles?) > who will do this here in rural SW Wisconsin. > > For those of you in high population areas, is it common to be able to > get on six meters and call CQ on digital modes and find someone around? > > If there are any of you who do operate digital 6 meters, do you find > specific spot frequencies are common for casual chatting? > > What modes are the most common and what modes do you find work the best? > > And what about the range with different antennas vs. CW or voice. > > 73, > > Rick, KV9U > > > bruce mallon wrote: > > >YES your right I see more on 6 ssb now than ever. Most > >because the band is on many new radios. > > > > > >--- Danny Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >
