I have been on 223 since 1974 ( first radio was a regency hr-220 ) with a good station range is the same as 2 meters and YES just like i work dx on 2 meters 223 opens up too In TAMPA BAY there are 3 repeaters on 223 UNUSED 99% of the time.
--- On Wed, 5/5/10, Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D) <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D) <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] US D-STAR band planning and directories To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 12:49 PM DSTAR on 220 sounds like it would make a tremendous lot of sense. Propagation similar to 2M - No Pave Paws ? Radar - clean spectrum available - Antennas and Duplexers would be an issue for a little while, but could surely be overcome. Folks would for the most part be buying a new Icom repeater anyhow, so cost would be about the same, 2M v 1.25M. I am not sure how much of the band remains purely amateur, though. At first glance this might be a great direction for dstar in the US. steve bruce mallon wrote: > > > > > > > -- Ham Radio Spoken Here !!! EM11ma - South Mountain, Texas
