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
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> ----- 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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