Same here.  I know that there are some IRLP nodes on 220 and nothing around
here is really active except for one that is linked to 2-meters.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kysor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: accessible 220 radio


> in sacramento, its pretty dead but the frequencies are pretty much used
> up.  i operate a two twenty repeater and we have little or no users say
for
> three or four hams.
> dan
> At 04:01 PM 6/13/04, Jeff Kenyon wrote:
> >Hi John and the group. How is 220 MHz in the rest of the country? Here in
> >Michigan and the Detroit area it is pretty dead with very limited
activity
> >there.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 6:59 PM
> >Subject: Re: accessible 220 radio
> >
> >
> > > Ya, I think I have a good deal coming my way on a TM-3530A, not a
great
> > > deal, but I've looked and can't find a better price so I'll probably
get
> >it.
> > > I don't think I'll use the band much but there are people in this area
> >that
> > > do use it now and then and even the emergency management agency I'm
with
> >has
> > > 220 though no one has a radio to use with it except me so if we have
an
> > > emergency I guess some one will have to borrow my TH-F6A or my
friend's,
> >but
> > > between them, and a couple friends in the area that use 220 now and
then I
> > > figured I'd put something up. Nothing fancy and as cheap as possible
but
> >the
> > > HT really doesn't do it form here and when I go on vacation each
August I
> > > use 220 on cape cod and scare up a couple people so if I do it right I
> > > should be able to hid that repeater from here easy.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 6:49 PM
> > > Subject: Re: accessible 220 radio
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi John.
> > > >
> > > > One thing that I have noticed is that if you want to get on 220, you
> >will
> > > > pay dearly for it. Even older radios hold their value much better on
> >220
> > > > MHz than on other comparable bands. That probably helps to keep the
> >band
> > > > empty, but there are few enough of those radios around that people
can
> > > name
> > > > high prices and generally get them.
> > > >
> > > > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> > > >