West Coast VHF AM activity?

[KE6DF]

Is there any AM activity on the West Coast on the VHF bands?

I have limited ability to put up and antenna, but on the other hand I have a good VHF QTH -- side of a hill overlooking the Sacramento Valley from the East.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

This is a list of 6 meter "Nets" copied from the AMWindow web site. No clue how many are still active.
Obviously the best way to determine any activity is to throw up a 6 meter antenna but even a 80 meter antenna might give you some results if there are stations close by. During 6 meter band openings over the years, I've worked lots of stations all over the country with a 75 meter inverted vee.

50.36    Toledo Ohio    Sunday    6:00 AM    ET    Midwest    
50.4    Moline Illinois 6M AM Net    Tuesday    8:00 PM    CT    Midwest    WC9M Net control.
50.4    6 Meter SE Mass/Cape Cod Area Net    Saturday    8:00 AM    ET    Northeast    
50.4    Albany 6M AM Net    Monday thru Friday    8:00 PM    ET    Northeast    
50.4    Buffalo NY AM Group    Wednesday    7:30    ET    Northeast    
50.4    New England Six Meter AM Net    Saturday, Sunday    7:30 AM    ET    Northeast    
50.4    Northern PA 6M AM Net    Saturday    8:00 PM    ET    Northeast    
50.4    The Sunday Morning Coffee Net    Sunday    9:00 AM    ET    Northeast    This net is one of the oldest continuous VHF nets in the US going back to the beginning of the 5 Meter Band! Washington DC area.
50.4    Northwest AM Net    Sunday, Wednesday    8:00 PM    PT    Northwest    Puget Sound Area. Pat-K7YIR Net Control
50.4    SAM Club Net    Monday    7:00 PM    PT    West Coast    
50.4    Kalamazoo 6 Meter Net    Tuesday    9:30 PM    ET    Midwest    Kalamazoo, MI area.
50.4    Central Florida 6M AM Net    Wednesday    8:00 PM    ET    Southeast    K4DEE usual net control op.
50.4    Arizona AM Net    Saturday    8:00 PM    MT    Southwest    
50.4    Saugus California 6 Meter AM Net    Friday    7:30 PM    PT    West Coast    Net Control - Dave Booth, KC6WFS.
50.4    SCV AM Net    Sunday    9:00 AM    PT    West Coast    SVC CA
50.4    AM/PM Net    Monday and Thursday    8:00 PM    ET    Northeast    Southern Maine
50.5    Southern California 6 Meter Club    Sunday    10:00 AM    PT    West Coast    
50.538    Echo Net    Sunday    7:00 PM    ET    Northeast    Eastern Connecticut Amateur Radio Association
50.55    Cleveland Ohio 6 Meter AM Net    Friday or Saturday    9:00 PM    ET    Midwest    
50.55    Cleveland Ohio 6 Meter AM Net    Sunday    10:00 AM    ET    Midwest    
50.55    Cleveland Ohio 6 Meter AM Net    Tuesday    9:00 PM    ET    Midwest    
50.55    Wadsworth Ohio 6 Meter Net    Sunday    10:00 AM    ET    Midwest    
50.55    Media PA 6 Meter Net    Sunday    9:00 PM    ET    Northeast    
50.58    Fort Wayne Indiana 6M AM Net    Daily    7:00 PM    ET    Midwest    

[KD6VXI]

Other than SAMCLUB,  I don't think any are in his area.

I lived at 7k feet asl on the border of  the Mojave desert and central Valley.

About the most prominent vhf signal I heard was Overbecks CW sentry,  on 2 meters.   That Beacon was just a couple miles away,  damn near line of sight.

No,  not a lot of v/uhf am activity in California.   Not that I heard in 3 years sitting 7 thousand feet above everything.

Incidentally,  with a kilowatt on ten meters,  I could open up almost any repeater on ten in the entire state.   So I didn't have much shadowing.

--Shane
KD6VXI