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March 27th 04, 02:58 PM
N2EY
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In article ,
(Steve
Robeson K4CAP) writes:
Even with an Element 1 test, there would probably be a lot more novices
if there had been VHF access. Conjecture of course.
I dunno, Mike...
Novices were given 220MHz priviledges along with some (dubiously)
adequate
10 meter phone priviledges and it sputtered to a halt almost as quickly as it
started.
The problem was that 220 isn't 2 meters.
Way back in the bad old days, Novices had 145-147 MHz privs. But they were
phased out in the late '60s early '70s, just as amateur repeaters became very
common.
I was in SoCal when "Novice Enhancement" took effect, and one can hardly
argue that there is a dearth of repeaters on that band in that region...even
that, very little additional activity was heard. I think I worked a half
dozen Novices on 220 in the year after it was implemented.
That's because "everybody" was on 2 meters. Or 440.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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