Yes, it's just that antenna feedlines are a bigger pain in the wallet!
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 08:01 AM 11/16/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>I know some areas it's so uncommonly used that a lot of them are breaking
>down and not being fixed or what ever but I don't know about your area. It's
>too bad, that's a good band but we're finding out fast 900 MHz is not all
>that different. Mobile flutter is a little faster, maybe a mile or 2 less
>coverage, but beyond that it's really the same.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:13 AM
>Subject: Re: TS480 and TS2000 comparison needed for HF
>
>
> > Thanks, I haven't been on 440 for awhile, and recently, here in western
> > Maryland I noticed allot of repeaters I could hear and get into I no
> > longer
> > can.
> > 73.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: TS480 and TS2000 comparison needed for HF
> >
> >
> >> No change to 440, but the military has stuff going on that's causing a
> >> lot
> >> of repeaters in MA and CA to have to cut the power back so far as to make
> >> them useless since we're only there on a secondary basis anyway and a lot
> >> of
> >> people are going to 900 MHz. Enough so, I've actually seen a slight
> >> increase
> >> in prices and a very sharp increase in the radios that can go to 900 MHz
> >> being available on ebay. The ones that don't need any hardware mods that
> >> is.
> >> No kenwoods that I want though, all Motorola GTX900 and stuff like that
> >> but
> >> that's a nice radio too.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:54 PM
> >> Subject: Re: TS480 and TS2000 comparison needed for HF
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi list.
> >>> Has there been a change to 440 that I'm not aware of, and if so where
> >>> can
> >>> I
> >>> find out more about it?
> >>> Thanks much, and 73.
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:41 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: TS480 and TS2000 comparison needed for HF
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> ebay, there was a lot of gear on there but with 440 going pretty much
> >>>> away
> >>>> in parts of CA and MA, a lot of people are emoving over there which is
> >>>> driving up the prices a little though not too bad yet and making some
> >>>> read
> >>>> bidding wars on the good deal radios but it's really not that bad yet.
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:52 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: TS480 and TS2000 comparison needed for HF
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Where did you find a 900 Kenwood radio? I had a motorola and sold it,
> >>>>> kind of wish I'd kept it. I use to sell commercial Kenwood gear, in
> >>>>> fact
> >>>>> my i r l p repeater is a tkr-820 Kenwood. I may have to get back on
> >>>>> 900.
> >>>>> 73s
> >>>>> Butch Bussen
> >>>>> wa0vjr
>
>
>
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