[222mhz] 222 MHz SSB activity in San Bernardino/Riverside, CA area

[Gary V. Smith]

Well, Chris, you are quite right.  I still use 
megacycles and kilocycles from time to 
time..hi..hi.  I still call the band "220".  Old 
habits.  If I remember right we lost 219 through 
221.  I seem to remember something about UPS 
wanting it and then they didn't use it after 
all.  I guess the more contemporary term should 
be 1.35 meters.  Yes, I've found it to be more 
reliable from a propagation standpoint than 2 
meters.  It's nice to know that there will be 
more commercial gear on the market in the 
future.  But, conversion of commercial gear is 
more of a pain than it's worth.  Often the gear 
lacks desireable features and is hard to program 
if you don't have the software / cables.  And in 
the end it's FM-only.  That goes for all commercial gear.

73,
Gary - W6GVS
Dowagiac, MI  EN61wx

At 05:02 PM 1/24/2009, you wrote:

>Well 220-222 is not an amateur band 
>anymore
hasn’t been for years
..there are 
>HUNDREDS of 220-222 ACSSB  trunk systems across 
>the country that are unused, turned off, etc (I 
>know of 3 myself at sites where I maintain 
>commercial UHF company P25 rptrs)
..now VNBFM 
>(Very Narrow Band FM) or SLIVER band as I like 
>to call it, is making its way to the band, and 
>MOTOROLA sells radios for that range now! When 
>the FCC took 220-222 away, they LIED when they 
>said it would be used for innovative and 
>narrowband technology only
.turning down the 
>deviation on a FM radio to less than 2 kHz 
>deviation is nothing new or innovative
.those of 
>us running FM below 29.0 have been doing that 
>for decades J ACSSB was a nice IDEA but it 
>didn’t last
.cellular/PTT on PCS has pretty well 
>killed normal LMR radio & I lost link and 
>control channels when the FCC took away 220-222

>BUT I still enjoy 222-225!!! I have more money 
>in that band alone than any other band. Even in 
>the piney woods of SE TX, it outdoes 2mtrs!!! 
>The signal levels drop off faster BUT then they 
>plateau out
..while 2m keeps on heading toward 
>the noise
..pretty soon, you cant hear the 2m 
>station but the 222 signal is still there
DON’T ask me why but it does J
>
>Chris
>WB5ITT
>EL29
>
>From: 222mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>[mailto:222mhz-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary V. Smith
>Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 3:02 PM
>To: 222mhz at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [222mhz] 222 MHz SSB activity in 
>San Bernardino/Riverside, CA area
>
>I think 220 - 222 is a great band that goes 
>largely ignored because of the lack of equipment 
>and the comparatively high price of what is available.
>73,
>Gary Smith - W6GVS
>Dowagiac, MI  EN61wx
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