if you take two handytalkies, one for 220 and one for 2 meters and put them
on simplex, the 220 will always go farther.
dan
At 03:41 PM 6/14/04, Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>Well, I would never know because of the inactivity there. From 222-225 we
>have a few MPT-1327 trunking systems around here, but that's about it. What
>makes it better then the other bands?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan Kysor" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:19 PM
>Subject: Re: Accessible 220 MHz Radios
>
>
> > what ticks me off is that half the band was going to u p s but low and
> > behold, they're not using it much either.
> > two twenty is a fantastic band with the best propogation of any of the uhf
> > vhf bands.
> > dan
> > At 03:31 PM 6/14/04, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
> > >Hi to all.
> > >
> > >Well, it would be hard to justify keeping the band based on the activity
>in
> > >Rochester. It's too bad, because the 220 MHz band is a really great band,
> > >with characteristics very much like 2 meters. I think that ham clubs need
> > >to make a concerted effort to develop this band if we expect to keep
> > >it. The best way to do that is to approach manufactures and see if they
> > >would be willing to give group discounts to sell a whole bunch of radios
>at
> > >once. This does two things--it encourages manufacturers to make other
> > >models available for the band, and it raises the level of activity on the
> > >band which in turn encourages others to buy radios for the band and
> > >encourages people to put up repeaters on the band.
> > >
> > >73, de Lou K2LKK
> > >
> > >
> > >Louis Kim Kline
> > >A.R.S. K2LKK
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