in sacramento, its pretty dead but the frequencies are pretty much used
up.  i operate a two twenty repeater and we have little or no users say for
three or four hams.
dan
At 04:01 PM 6/13/04, Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>Hi John and the group. How is 220 MHz in the rest of the country? Here in
>Michigan and the Detroit area it is pretty dead with very limited activity
>there.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 6:59 PM
>Subject: Re: accessible 220 radio
>
>
> > Ya, I think I have a good deal coming my way on a TM-3530A, not a great
> > deal, but I've looked and can't find a better price so I'll probably get
>it.
> > I don't think I'll use the band much but there are people in this area
>that
> > do use it now and then and even the emergency management agency I'm with
>has
> > 220 though no one has a radio to use with it except me so if we have an
> > emergency I guess some one will have to borrow my TH-F6A or my friend's,
>but
> > between them, and a couple friends in the area that use 220 now and then I
> > figured I'd put something up. Nothing fancy and as cheap as possible but
>the
> > HT really doesn't do it form here and when I go on vacation each August I
> > use 220 on cape cod and scare up a couple people so if I do it right I
> > should be able to hid that repeater from here easy.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 6:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: accessible 220 radio
> >
> >
> > > Hi John.
> > >
> > > One thing that I have noticed is that if you want to get on 220, you
>will
> > > pay dearly for it. Even older radios hold their value much better on
>220
> > > MHz than on other comparable bands. That probably helps to keep the
>band
> > > empty, but there are few enough of those radios around that people can
> > name
> > > high prices and generally get them.
> > >
> > > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> > >