Well, I would never know because of the inactivity there.  From 222-225 we
have a few MPT-1327 trunking systems around here, but that's about it.  What
makes it better then the other bands?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kysor" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: Accessible 220 MHz Radios


> 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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