also if you tune around 10 meters you will find a lot of long distance truckers are there.. most are running between 100 and 1000 watts!!! will lose 10 soon!!
Garrett / AA0OI ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 8, 2006 9:53:21 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Demise of the 11 meter band Joe Ivey wrote: "the tax money we would save from not having to have >the enforcement division." What division is that? John, VE5MU wrote: "Seems to me that Hams lost 11M because of all the RFI it was creating on 55-60mhz which were the popular TV channels" Channel 2 TVI was mainly caused by nearby 6 meter operation. That, along with a poor receiver front-end design and 21 Mhz IF didn't help when in a strong RF field of any transmitter. The 11 meter band was lost due to little activity and a big political push by certain manufactures to create a new market for their wares. It worked. Carry on Bill Harris w7kxb ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com
