On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:35:34 EDT, Rick T wrote:

The public safety folks,
having failed to take any of the 138-174 spectrum from the
military here (Mainly because of the Army base at Ft.
Huachuca) are now looking at the possibility of getting some
of that 174-216. I doubt that it will happen though.

You and I both know, Rick, that one of the main reasons will be that
"The Big M" (ham content: owner of Yaesu) will not be interested in
producing two-way radio equipment in that band because of the
relatively small sales volume as compared to their new whiz-bang 700
MHz systems that will require ten times as many sites for the same
coverage.

Another rant expelled....
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

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