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Old June 11th 08, 08:08 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated
Phil Kane Phil Kane is offline
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:51:04 EDT, Klystron wrote:

It would be far easier to connect a voice-activated tape recorder
(like a Sony TCM-37V recording walkman) to a scanner that was set to
scan just the frequencies that are suspected of being dead. Then, you
could document your results when claiming that the frequencies should be
reassigned.


I spent a good chunk of my career gathering info on use (and non-use)
of radio channels as evidence. It is easy to show something is used -
play the tape / show the printout. Showing that a channel is not used
is quite a bit more difficult - is the blank tape real or a sham?

We're going through that right now in a commercial channel reclamation
proceeding before the FCC where it's our word against theirs.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

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