Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-21 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT
On 5/21/2014 4:58 AM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote: Yeah, that was SUPOSSED to happen, but in true guvmint fashion, it didn't quite work out that way. (Where have we seen THAT before?) ... and there are channels that moved their digital signals back to their original VHF channel instead of staying on

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-21 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/21/2014 4:58 AM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote: Yeah, that was SUPOSSED to happen, but in true guvmint fashion, it didn't quite work out that way. (Where have we seen THAT before?) There's still a LOT of analog low-band TV, so the chances of a 4M ham band over here in the colonies, is just about

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-21 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
AM, MontyS wrote: Joe, I thought all the analog TV channels were de-allocated when we went all digital. Monty K2DLJ -Original Message- From: Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:27 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M In order to be of use a US

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-21 Thread Charlie T, K3ICH
limited to very low power, (100 mW ???) so I doubt if similar limitations would be of much use for communications 73, Charlie k3ICH - Original Message - From: "MontyS" To: "Joe Subich, W4TV" ; "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 6:2

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-21 Thread MontyS
Joe, I thought all the analog TV channels were de-allocated when we went all digital. Monty K2DLJ -Original Message- From: Joe Subich, W4TV Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:27 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M In order to be of use a US allocation should

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-20 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
In order to be of use a US allocation should match that of the rest of the world - approximately 70.0 - 70.5 MHz. Unfortunately, that is right in the middle of US TV Channel 4 and there are quite a few authorizations on Channel 4. See: http://www.w9wi.com/channels/4.html Protecting the grade B

[Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-20 Thread James Duffey
I would like to see 4M released for ham use, not necessarily for repeaters, but rather for weak signal use. There are many times when the MUF goes above 50 MHz, but doesn’t reach 2M. 70 MHz would be very useful for sporadic E. Meteor scatter would still be good there, not as good as 50 MHz, but

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-20 Thread Wayne Burdick
Hi Ed, 4 meters is not OT :) We're offering the KX3-4M because of significant demand in Europe and elsewhere in ITU region 1. We've built a couple of prototypes, which performed very well. 73, Wayne N6KR On May 19, 2014, at 11:57 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: > Regardless if the US will be gettin

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-19 Thread Edward R Cole
Regardless if the US will be getting 4meter ham band privileges, there are already at least two mfrs making 4m transverters so wonder if that is a market Elecraft would be interested in entering. I have a contract to build a L70-28 25w DEMI transverter kit for a ham in Finland this month. He

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-19 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Folks - we're drifting a bit afield from the 4M question. ;-) 73, Eric Moderator etc. elecraft.com On 5/19/2014 5:00 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: Yes, that's the good news. 900 is also full of a whole bunch of unlicensed Part 15 noisemakers, at least here in Northern California. There is a moderate

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-19 Thread Fred Jensen
Yes, that's the good news. 900 is also full of a whole bunch of unlicensed Part 15 noisemakers, at least here in Northern California. There is a moderate amount of ham use here but it's all FM repeaters. I doubt there's much of a market for a 900 MHz multi-mode transverter. But then, when my

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-19 Thread Rick WA6NHC
Not sure to whom your are speaking, but not awful in NorCal. http://narcc.org will show you (wash your mouse, keyboard and hands afterwords, quite dense in bovine fertilizer and politics). Many of the systems are intertied (IRLP or RF) so the limited coverage area works pretty well for channe

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-19 Thread Richard Solomon
What's the situation on 902 MHz ? Still lots of commercial gear available. 73, Dick, W1KSZ On 5/19/2014 4:21 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: 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 user

Re: [Elecraft] OT 4M

2014-05-19 Thread Ken G Kopp
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" wrote: > Another example of how mileage may vary... >