We need people to use what we have before we get more. There's a lot of 
licenses still being renewed for those low VHF frequencies, I guess the town 
people get the paperwork and just renew it rather than see if the 
frequencies are actually used. I know most towns around here haven't used 
those low VHF frequencies in the 30 MHZ range in 25 years at least but they 
keep renewing the licenses for it. The city I live in, I checked, the 
equipment is still sitting around, most probably doesn't even work they say, 
a lot more is long gone and they have no intention of ever using it, but 
they keep renewing the license for it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: digital tv and ict90


> Colin McDonald writes:
>>well if no one wants 54 to 88MHZ, I guess it can always be given to the
>>amateur allocations?
>
> I really wonder if we might not get expanded allocations
> for 10 and 6 meters but I also wonder if we had better get used
> to the fact that if we get something like that, we also may
> loose some of the UHF and microwave spectrum we presently have
> because it is such hot property these days.
>
> The frequency range between 26 and roughly 70 MHZ or so
> is not nearly as desireable for commercial users as it once was
> and many services that were between 30 and 50 MHZ have been more
> than glad to leave for higher frequencies that do not have the
> Sporadic E and F2 propagation we hams love, but commercial users
> hate.
>
> Martin McCormick
>