because most countries don't use that band anyway so they don't include it 
in radios in most instances, 220 is only used in the US and I think Canada 
and that's it far as i know.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: accessible 220 rigs


the 220 band should be utilized for data coms more then it is.
Especially the newer digital voice stuff that is availible to hams....either
way, there is so much potential for that since the band width is pretty
large on 220.
But again, its the equipment that is a little hard to come by, and
therefore, no one really uses it.
I know in the bigger centers such as LA and new york and so on, with the 2M
and 70CM bands packed nearly to their limits, 220 is a good alternative for
simplexers or echolink/IRLP repeaters/nodes.
If kenwood and icom and yaesu came out with some 2M/125CM rigs or 125/70CM
rigs, i think they would sell pretty good and get some interest in 220...but
it seems like 220 is always packaged with a tri-bander or quad band which
many people either don't want to dish out the money for, or who believe it
useless.
I think kenwood could have very easily put 220 into the TS2000 but chose not
to for some reason.
Same goes for most of the other all band rigs out there that can receive 220
but don't transmit...i guess its the lost band of amateur radio....then
again, most bands above 1.2 gigs are pretty much unused.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: accessible 220 rigs


> There are a few repeaters on 220 in my area, and one is always active on
> there because it is linked with a 2-meter repeater.  I don't know what
> will liven up 220, but I think that we'll loose it if we don't use it.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, John Miller wrote:
>
> > ya, that's the only HT but it's dead around here, some will say there's
some
> > activity but I have yet to hear anything in the last few years.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:22 PM
> > Subject: Re: accessible 220 rigs
> >
> >
> > The THF6A does make 220 rigs, but I don't know about the rest of the
> > country, but 220 around here is typically dead to the world.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, John Miller wrote:
> >
> > > not current models, in fact the current models are junk anyway,  there
are
> > > some good older ones out there like the Kenwood 3530A and the like,
Icom
> > > IC-37a or H,  stuff like that. ADI and alinco are the only 2 companies
> > > making them now and the ADI's are notorious for problems as are most
ADI
> > > radios, and the alinco is not accessible I hear as most alincos are
and if
> > > it's like it's 2 meter version, the finals won't last more than a year
or
> > > so
> > > at most at a time.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:30 PM
> > > Subject: accessible 220 rigs
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi list:
> > > are there any accessible, meaning voice synth capable, 220 mobile rigs
> > > availible?
> > > And if not necesarily voice synth capable, then generally usable.
> > > I know there are the multi-band bass rigs and so on that can have the
> > > voice
> > > synths installed, but i am looking for a mono-band mobile that i can
use
> > > to
> > > get some interest in 220 around here.
> > > 73
> > > Colin, V A6BKX
> > >
> >
>