I agree we do not need to make more "pairs" everywhere. But let's face it. We build from the left over's from the commercial world. Ok some of you buy all new latest, etc. At some point most of the gear is going to be narrow.
Do any of the older operators remember moving to "narrow" band before? Let's set the politics aside and see what this change can add? Obviously we have a transition period. Can we have a dual input machine with wide and narrow IF's? Maybe a wide PL and narrow PL? Does narrow banding offer us anything in improvements? Will it help us in noisy RF sites? Can we teach or make kits for users to modify their rigs? Not looking for a flame war, just stimulating some positive discussion. :) -Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ARRL Approves Study Committee to Research & Develop Plan for Narrowband Channel Spacing I agree, that's the political side of the problem. I don't see that there is a true NEED for more pairs in amateur service. There IS a need in the commercial/public safety world. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cort Buffington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] ARRL Approves Study Committee to Research & Develop Plan for Narrowband Channel Spacing To wrap this around to repeaters.... Where I live, which is admittedly not, say, California... there isn't a real spectrum problem on any of the FM repeater bands (if I may use such a term). There is a slight problem in some areas with the so-called "paper repeaters", but that's not a reason to narrow-band. It might be a reason to actually give coordination to those who really will keep a repeater up and operational, but not to narrow-band. Is there a reason to do this other than creating more channels? And how many places desperately need the channels -- as in, even if the repeater pairs are all full, are the repeaters being used? Just a thought... 73 DE N0MJS ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
