----- Original Message ----- > Do ya think the committee will conclude there is no need?
Yeah, right. > > I'm in the public safety side and our guys don't like the new digital > systems...they disappear in weak signal areas where the analog systems > were > fair readable. The solution to the drop-outs was to have a > bolt-on-the-back > of the fire truck relay unit, but the relay box blows away simplex at the > incident site (not a good solution). > > One might argue that having analog amateur repeaters is a better ACS > backbone then digital... > Digital is an entirely different issue than narrowbanding. Although I suspect that those wanting to employ digital repeaters are pushing for the narrowbanding to create more pairs. Chuck WB2EDV
