On Jan 14, 3:43*pm, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:
"tony sayer" *wrote in ...
I have to say that using 76 - 88 MHz for digital radio sounds like a
good idea. ANy objections? ;-)

gr, hwh

Well it has Low Band PMR in the UK so you'd have to shift that, not that
it has many users now but its new receivers for everyone.....
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Tony Sayer

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It's TV channel 6 in the US. This has been discussed to death, but there are
still many stations on channel 6, even after the shift to digital. *Some are
also saying "use the low VHF TV band to expand cell phones, etc." but that
would be very problematic due to the physics of antenna construction. I
doubt that people want to go back to having whip antennas on their portable
phones.

- Personally, I think if they dropped the entire
- 54-88 MHz low VHF TV band, they should give a
- section of it, maybe 2-4 MHz, over to a
- license-free public "Free band" where amateur
- broadcasters (i.e. "pirates") could legally
- broadcast. Sort of like what they did to the
- 11m Citizens Band.

BAD -ok- Where is the Profit [$$$$$$] in that...?

The US Congress Edict To The FCC :
Monetize The Spectrum [The Must Be Profits !]
Increase Business Revenues & Expand The Tax Base !
-?-how-many-lobbyists-do-radio-pirates-
-have-on-'k'-street-in-washington-dc-?-

Where as, Expanding the FM Radio Band for 60
'new' FM "HD" Radio Channels could add ~ 6000
'new' {Commercial} FM Radio Stations with
'Local' Advertisers and Increased Business,
Profits and Taxes.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...0896f2d354a658
That in itself would generate Radio Listener
interest in Digital "HD" Radio and sell new
"HD" FM Radios. -all-made-in-china-;;-}}-

More FM Radio Channels and Digital 'HD' Sound !
-we-are-selling-the-'sizzle'-not-the-steak-

As always this is RHF and...
I'll leave the Radio 'On' ~ RHF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1jpxlEPHX8
-ps-:-turn-your-radio-'on'-&-just-listen-)-