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Michael Black wrote:

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I notice something interesting about this radio. Their are terminal for
6 meters. Throughout the last 10 years when I had scanned the 6 meters
on my scanner, I do not think I had never picked up any hams. (BTW I am
in the New York City area) Yes it is a very short band and it might be
more related to 2 meters, I would think.

So why would Hammarlund go through the effort to add terminals on the
rear of this radio. My only guess is that at the time hams were using
the 6 meters a lot more.

Also, this radio does not seem to pick up much on the 21-21.6 and 28-30
bands.

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Even up to forty years ago, six meters was often the band of choice
for those who used VHF. There was the US Technician license that only
allowed for operation at 50MHz and up (and here in Canada, you could only
use voice with the basic license at 50MHz and up). Since 50MHz was the
lowest band useable by the Technician class licenses, they tended to use it.
Because as uncommon as good propagation was, it was more common than at
2meters. And when conditions were good, you could work fairly good
distances, and with relatively little equipment. Plus, there was a lot of
simple and low power commercial gear manufactured for the band, so the band
did tend to be used for local use. Ironically, when a band is in regular
use it means people are more likely to notice the good propagation, because
they are there already.

6 Meters is right below Channel 2, and is guarenteed to mess up televison
if it's used in your city. That rules out base stations with big antennas,
unless you like fighting with your neighbors.

Mark Zenier
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