[Elecraft] OT 4M

[Richard Solomon]

What's the situation on 902 MHz ? Still lots of commercial gear available.

73, Dick, W1KSZ


On 5/19/2014 4:21 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
> As the repeater coordinator for Montana I can tell you there very few
> VHF/UHF pairs available here, and none in the western half of the state.
>
> There are many users of the 70 MHZ spectrum, too.
>
> 73 - K0PP
> On May 19, 2014 5:09 PM, "Rick WA6NHC" <happymoosephoto at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Another example of how mileage may vary...
>>
>> Apparently you haven't been to California (lately).  One can't get a two
>> meter frequency to put up a repeater pretty much anywhere (even though the
>> band may appear to be dead) and six is pretty full too. 420-450 is
>> disallowed over much of the state (150 miles circumference from
>> Beale/PavePaws)...  Not a wasteland, just ham politics; often downright
>> ugly.
>>
>> 10M has open repeater slots; 220 is near capacity in some areas.
>>
>> At least until recently, the CHP has been using 70 MHz for site linking
>> but that may fade away since they're in the middle of a huge
>> rebuild/remodel of their spectrum.
>>
>> And there are still low power TV stations using either digital or analog
>> back in that range too...  Typically minority language, Hallelujah or
>> Sellavision channels, but the bottom line is: 4M won't happen here.
>>
>> 73,
>> Rick wa6nhc
>>
>> On 5/19/2014 3:13 PM, Kevin Stover wrote:
>>
>>> With 2m and 6m FM repeaters a virtual wasteland what impetus does the FCC
>>> have to give us an allocation at 70MHz?
>>> Just because region 1 and 3 have it?
>>> None, we don't use what we got.
>>>
>>>
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