[Scanner] 800 mhz abandoned/from another list

Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:52:41 EDT

Subj:   Re: [Scan-DC] MSP's New Frequencies=20
Date:   09/18/2003 7:20:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time=20
From:=A0 =A0 [email protected] (Chris Smolinski)
Sender:=A0 =A0 [email protected]
To:=A0 =A0 [email protected]
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[email protected] wrote:
>=20
> I have a cousin who is an MSP trooper and he says the latest
> plan is to abandon any pursuit of a statewide 700 or 800 MHZ
> trunked system...instead, MSP plans on continuing/expanding
> the low band system and this will be supplemented by some
> form of tower-based repeaters. He's looking into the
> details, frequencies, etc for me and I'll pass it on when I
> get it. I did an FCC database search and do note that MSP is
> licensed for a few new low band frequencies, as well as some
> new (apparently narrow band) VHF-Hi frequencies.

I've heard this said before, and that they returned previously allocated
800 MHz frequencies to the FCC.=20

It seems that only MSP has the common sense to avoid being suckered into
an 800 MHz trunked system. Bravo! An agency that actually understands
that VHF (especially VHF-lo) can reach good distances without the need
for cell towers every few miles.

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