Don't retire to northern California. 2 meters is full. PAVE PAWS radar is knocking 70cm repeaters on hills and mountains off the air. No off the shelf D-Star radios on 220. 1.2 gHz is good for some things, but more expensive at this point. All the while, there are 2 meter frequency pairs going mostly to entirely unused. In this area, (in my opinion) 2 meters is not being managed to maximize the value of that resource.
Eventually, say in 20 to 30 years, these repeater owners will move onto a better place, and younger people will be more open to narrow band modes and better utilization of the spectrum. Not sure I'll see that myself, though. I was born in 1944. Jim - K6JM ----- Original Message ----- From: bruce mallon To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] US D-STAR band planning and directories NO REPEATER COUNCIL WILL GIVE THE STANDARD SIMPLEX PAIRS TO D-STAR OR ANY OTHER REPEATERS ! I have been on 2 FM since 1969 and NEVER has the FRC even given that thought. There is no reason to put more repeaters on the air HERE in Tampa there is little to no usage of the ones That are already on..... CLEAN UP the existing ones populate 223 and 440 MHz THEN come back and tell me you need more ......
