[AMRadio] 2 meter band

[Bob]

There is an old Russian saying that is so true in this instance: “When it
happens to YOU, you’ll know it’s true”.

The “it doesn’t other me so I don’t care” attitude could sink is if we’re
not careful.

My inflation-adjusted two cents worth

73,  Bob, K5INW

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 7:19 PM Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Given the decline in ham radio activity, I wouldn't be surprised if
> more gets taken away beginning with everything above 10 meters.  I
> think the 2 meter grab is currently in some kind of committee in
> Europe, meeting in Prague, and the issue has not made it to DefCon Red
> yet, HOWEVER, everyone ignored or was blindsided by some little known
> ZL group called No Code International, and they came out of nowhere
> and suddenly persuaded the abolishment of CW testing at the ITU level,
> and boom, no more code test.  It could happen again with other agendas
> like frequency grabs.  I think France wants the 2 Mc from 144 to 146;
> Germany is against it.   Hams need to be more active about fighting
> this kind of thing.   If everyone just thinks, "I don't operate there
> so I don't care" then we'll lose it all.    Heck, Don K4KYV tried to
> gin up comments to FCC about getting primary ham status for 1900 to
> 2000 kc, and even 160 m. DX and Contest ops didn't do anything because
> it wasn't the part of the band they use.  That's just plain myopic and
> stupid.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 4:25 PM <w5jo at brightok.net> wrote:
> >
> > I read a post on AMFone about this so though there might be some who do
> not
> > see things there.
> >
> > So here is a link to a discussion about our two meter band.
> >
> >
> https://hackaday.com/2019/07/01/the-backbone-of-vhf-amateur-radio-may-be-under-threat/
> >
> > Maybe everyone should bombard the ARRL with inquiries to see how valid
> it is
> > and the possibility of it happening.
> >
> > Jim
> > W5JO
> >
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