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
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