Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/60 meters

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. John254 23:57, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 60 meters

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Unsourced and NN Malevious --Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 03:18, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - unsourced Macy's123 review me 03:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep, radio band exists [1], and would appear to be relatively new [2], [3]. I'll leave it to someone from the radio wikiproject to assert whether these are usually considered notable, but it's definitely sourceable with relatively little effort. Lankiveil (talk) 04:57, 26 December 2007 (UTC).
  • Keep Definitely notable, just needs work. Internationally-allocated shortwave band. For an idea of what this article might look like after some attention, see 80 meters. Note the template on the bottom of that page, there's only a few of these Amateur shortwave bands and we can easily cover them in depth. Squidfryerchef (talk) 15:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The article needs expanding though, as with any new stub (and I could myself). An international amateur allocation at this frequency has just been declined at the recent World Radiocommunication Conference nevertheless it is likely some more countries will allocate spectrum for amateur radio there in the near future. In that case it is as worthy of an article as any of the other amateur bands. There are plenty of sources for references. Dsergeant (talk) 20:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The 60m band has existed in the UK for several years and there is a considerable amount of propagation experimental work being undertaken on this band. There are long-established amateur radio beacons and world class software has been developed by radio amateurs to analyse the propagation data that these beacons and a network of listening stations have collected. This band occupies a unique place in the radio spectrum, providing many interesting opportunities for research. The band is actively used by, amongst other groups, the Summits On The Air programme. (G3WGV/N3GV) --John Linford (talk) 21:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The 60m amateur band is an exceptionally unique frequency that offers licensed radio amateurs, under a notice of variation in the UK, access to seven unique “channels” in the 5MHz spectrum, to carry out defined experiments. Access to these frequencies is also given to military cadet stations in the UK and for the first time ever in amateur radio history licensed radio amateurs and military cadet station may communicate together. This frequency using NVIS antennas supports inter UK communication easily, at relatively low power and with minimal interference, indeed in a time of emergency this part of the radio spectrum could form the ideal communication medium. Other countries also have access to set channels in the 5MHz spectrum including USA and it’s dependencies (50 watts ERP), USB only, Iceland, Norway, Finland plus others. (G4TRA) 172.202.121.25 22:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep A brief but useful statement regarding the 60 meters allocation that needs expanding. (MW0DTH) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Reubenhowes (talk • contribs) 10:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep A useful reference for amateurs who do not have access to the band, should be expanded, Tim M0AFJ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.65.243.121 (talk) 10:28, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep 6m is the most significant allocation that has been made to the Amateur Radio service in the UK and other countries in recent years. The frequencies allocated are used for experimental purposes and there is also a significant level of usage by the Summits on the Air (SOTA) programme where the propagation characteristics of the band have been found to be a considerable asset. Gerald G4OIG, 11:38 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Lankiveil. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 11:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep For a non-Amateur to mark this page for deletion seems a bit random but it's prompted a flurry of updates to the stub, which can only be a good thing. Simon G4NZG. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Simonnzg (talk • contribs) 11:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep A useful page that needs some development and expansion but this is a good start. 60m is an important and very useful part of the frequency spectrum which is relatively new to radio amateurs. (GW4BVE) Jclifford99 (talk) 12:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep 60 meters is an important band to study and use maximum distance non skip propagation. This is useful for national level comunications and as such has been much valued by the miltary. Present and future amateur involvement in this band will maintain a grounding and knowledge of its important characteristics. This is therefore a useful page to reference this band and its nature. Graham M0GEB —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbeesley (talk • contribs) 18:41, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.