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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