that's right, we did that with the local emergency management center and the
220 seemed to be the best band for site to site communication.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kysor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Accessible 220 MHz Radios


> 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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>