Butch,
I think I've been on that turnpike. If it is the one I am thinking about, I
could still see and the original speed limit was 85 MPH. It was a toll
road, too, back then. Even as a kid, I figured that part would never go
away, haha.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: be aware of bill hr607 Plus 220 UPS comments
>I don't think we'll get it back. UPS says they have no plans to use it,
> but I read somewhere there is other stuff there now. I don't recall the
> details, but it is a strange mode. Getting it back is like taxes gooing
> down, won't happen. I can remember back in the sixties they built the
> turn pike from Kansas City to Wichita. Was going to be a toal road
> until it was paid for. Guess what, still is a toal road and part of i
> 70 and they rake in the coin!!
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
>
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, Phil Scovell wrote:
>
>> I guess those 2 megs we lost to UPS a few years ago? Well, UPS still has
>> not even put a signal on that new band they took from the hams but they
>> have
>> 10 more years before their license to use it runs out. Why haven't they
>> used it? The cost of new equipment to operate on that band so the truth
>> is,
>> they likely now will never use it and we'll eventually get it back, for
>> what
>> that is worth.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Thurman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: be aware of bill hr607
>>
>>
>>> like 220 noone will actually use it like ups wanting 220 but ocne it's
>>> =
>>> gone it's gone that's the point and thousans of repeaters use linking =
>>> below 440 mhz there is atv ssb satellites ect it would completely =
>>> destroy the ham satellites and most o them wou
>>> On Mar 19, 2011, at 1:20 AM, colin McDonald wrote:
>>>
>>>> well with the acception of the satelite frequencies, and some =
>>> designated SSB=20
>>>> frequencies, what would you guys be losing?
>>>> perhaps it's just me, but when was the last time any of you talked
>>>> to=20=
>>>
>>>> anything other than a bird below 440MHZ?
>>>> It's the principle of the thing I know, and agree that it should be =
>>> fought=20
>>>> tooth and nail...but practically speaking, I don't suspect it would =
>>> have an=20
>>>> immediate, or direct impact on amateur radio as a whole.
>>>> I know letting something go can and would lead to other bands being =
>>> taken=20
>>>> away.
>>>> However, I can't for the life of me think why anyone would want or use
>>>> =
>>> the=20
>>>> 420/440MHZ spectrum...it's hard enough getting agencies to start using
>>>> =
>>> the=20
>>>> 700MHZ spectrum never mind adding in more in the UHF band.
>>>> 73
>>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>>> From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:12 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: be aware of bill hr607
>>>> =20
>>>> =20
>>>>> =46rom this week's Handiham news letter.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Website makes letter writing regarding HR-607 easy
>>>>> Richard Haltermon, KD4PYR, has created a website that makes it very =
>>> easy=20
>>>>> to
>>>>> develop a letter for your Congressional representative regarding =
>>> HR-607=20
>>>>> (the
>>>>> bill that would sell off 420-440 MHz). This is as easy as it gets =
>>> folks!
>>>>> Just enter your callsign and it does the rest.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Bill Morine, N2COP, writes:
>>>>> =20
>>>>> "...we used Jim Weaver's software http://www.kd4pyr.net/hamletter.htm
>>>>> =
>>> to
>>>>> generate HR-607 letters this past weekend at the Charlotte Hamfest, =
>>> and it
>>>>> worked wonderfully."
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Please get this info out to clubs and groups.
>>>>> =20
>>>>> http://www.kd4pyr.net/hamletter.htm
>>>>> =20
>>>>> Send then to:
>>>>> =20
>>>>> John Chwat
>>>>> Chwat & Co.
>>>>> 625 Slaters Lane
>>>>> Suite 103
>>>>> Alexandria, VA 22314=20
>>>
>>
>>
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