[Motorola] Nextel (was 928 Mhz Micor)

Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:22:39 -0700

I kinda agree to this----we cant use it here in Wyoming and Colorado--but
then heck not much use of the 440 band 
either because of low population of hams--!!!
so guess i can say it's gone as far as Wyoming is 
concerned--!!!!!!
sad--!!!!

george---N7JJY
Cheyenne, Wyoming

On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 06:44:34 -0600 tvsjr <[email protected]> writes:
> Of course they're looking at the 902-928 band. How many ham users do 
> you 
> see there? 26MHz worth of bandwidth, more than is available in all 
> of the 
> 800MHz region, and the chance at getting their hands on all of it? 
> They'd 
> be foolish not to fight for it.
> 
> Unfortunately, the FCC will have to consider use - how many ham rigs 
> do you 
> know that operate on 900MHz natively? How many 900 ham repeaters are 
> active 
> in your city? Bandwidth is a *very* expensive market, and we hams 
> have a 
> huge chunk of it that isn't used to potential. 2 meters is actually 
> 
> utilized, and the reason we haven't lost tons of the 70cm band is 
> because 
> of the military users. In not-too-long a time, I can see hams losing 
> all 
> the niche bands (220, 900, 1.2, 2.4 and up, etc.). HF isn't really 
> an 
> issue, but VHF/UHF certainly is.
> 
> Terry
> 
> At 12:31 AM 12/23/2002 -0600, Brad Ornes KA0SQO wrote:
>  >Watch out guys Nextel IS looking at the 902-928 ham bands for 
> primary 
> use. This
>  >piece of information I got from a former Nextel technician and I 
> would 
> consider
>  >it valid.
> 
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