As the repeater coordinator for Montana I can tell you there very few VHF/UHF pairs available here, and none in the western half of the state.
There are many users of the 70 MHZ spectrum, too. 73 - K0PP On May 19, 2014 5:09 PM, "Rick WA6NHC" <[email protected]> wrote: > Another example of how mileage may vary... > > Apparently you haven't been to California (lately). One can't get a two > meter frequency to put up a repeater pretty much anywhere (even though the > band may appear to be dead) and six is pretty full too. 420-450 is > disallowed over much of the state (150 miles circumference from > Beale/PavePaws)... Not a wasteland, just ham politics; often downright > ugly. > > 10M has open repeater slots; 220 is near capacity in some areas. > > At least until recently, the CHP has been using 70 MHz for site linking > but that may fade away since they're in the middle of a huge > rebuild/remodel of their spectrum. > > And there are still low power TV stations using either digital or analog > back in that range too... Typically minority language, Hallelujah or > Sellavision channels, but the bottom line is: 4M won't happen here. > > 73, > Rick wa6nhc > > On 5/19/2014 3:13 PM, Kevin Stover wrote: > >> >> With 2m and 6m FM repeaters a virtual wasteland what impetus does the FCC >> have to give us an allocation at 70MHz? >> Just because region 1 and 3 have it? >> None, we don't use what we got. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
