Back in the 80's, 220 was very active here in the San Francisco bay area. 
Before they made the 220 band changes, the 223.62 repeater was very active. 
I also owned a shack master and used 220 as the control frequency.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: e-skip


> Well, I'm glad that 220 is getting some interest.  I never would have
> thought that was possible.  What drew up interest on 220?
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> On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Russ Kiehne wrote:
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>> Yes, there's some activity.  One of the repeaters is linked to echolink.
>> There's a system on 220 called the condore connection.  It's a number of 
>> 220
>> repeaters linked together.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:08 AM
>> Subject: Re: e-skip
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>> >I didn't think much of the 220 band, is it active in your area?  It sure
>> > isn't here, though we have some stuff on 220.  When I got the radio I
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>> > know what I was in for in terms of coverage and the fact that it had a
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>> > other receiver!
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