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Another threat to 440
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KØHB wrote: 440 is a shared band already, and this device strikes me as an ideal candidate for sharing. It would have at worst a sporadic impact on our use, at low power, and would be a direct contributor to public safety while reducing risk of life and limb to our firefighters and police. This is one ARRL should support. There is no technical reason that the frequencies should come from the middle of an already populated amateur band, and I disagree strongly with your assessment that it would have "at worst a sporadic impact". A few repeaters over a wide geographic area should have ZERO impact on a well-designed classified military radar system (designed and built AFTER the repeaters were on the air), but we all know that wasn't true. This manufacturer has been using non-certified equipment hoping that his squatting in the amateur bands will be forgiven by getting a large number of technically ignorant police departments to cry that they'll be saving lives -- but not cry why they ought to be using spectrum that is already used. Read the waiver. The claim that this will be strictly for emergency use is disproven by the statements from police departments who want to use this for warrant service and air-duct inspections. |
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