[SixClub] Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:36:16 -0400

[Buck - N4PGW]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:sixclub-
> The use of 50.110 and 50.125 are deep in tradition but also have facts
> behind them not present on the 2mtr band......its apples and oranges and
> you
> cannot compare the two bands the same...(of course I wish we could get the
> FM simplex channel of 52.525 changed to match the rest of the band....but
> after 6m FM was allowed below 52.5, that one channel has never been
> changed...........old habits on 6 die hard!
> 
> Chris
> WB5ITT
> Six Club VP

I would venture to guess that many hams had crystal controlled rigs and
refused to buy new crystals just because the band was expanded...

Buck
N4PGW