This 6 meter repeater is not coordinated, and after a conversation with the Missouri Repeater Council, the best suggestion was that we classify the 6 meter AM repeater System as a remote base station for the interfaced, back to back, UHF repeater system, which is Coordinated.

Our club feels there is a need for the AM repeater. There are a lot of old 6 meter AM radios still available, and the repeater system makes a good place for them to be used.

Also, we know AM has a problem with static noise, and it doesn't sound as good as digital, and it doesn't get out as far as SSB, but some of us feel that AM should still remain an active part of amateur radio, as well as CW.

There is another reason for a 6 meter AM repeater.

Because we are in the mid-west, we normally get skip from the East coast to Colorado, and from Texas to Canada. When skip signals are active, stations can talk through our repeater back to their neighboring stations that are normally to far away for direct, and too close for skip contacts, and also make skip contacts that might be too far away for single hop.

If our 6 meter am repeater becomes popular, maybe we can interest the ARRL in adopted a 6 meter AM band plan so these systems can be coordinated.

I have a proposed band plan as follows.

AM Simplex Frequencies

5Ø.3ØØ to 5Ø.4ØØ
5Ø.41Ø
5Ø.43Ø
5Ø.55Ø
5Ø.57Ø

AM Repeater Pairs

50.4ØØ input 5Ø.5ØØ output
5Ø.42Ø input 5Ø.52Ø output
5Ø.44Ø input 5Ø.54Ø output
5Ø.46Ø input 5Ø.56Ø output
5Ø.48Ø input 5Ø.58Ø output