The UHF business band is STILL very busy. It occupies 450 -470 MHz. Small town comms and most towns without a trunking system still use UHF. Oh yeah, it propagates very well too.
Mike At 08:31 PM 10/9/2009, you wrote: >Anyone remember how licenses were handed out for UHF or VHF two way systems? >Any reason a guy can't use that mechanism again? > >I don't know how much spectrum was available per channel. If it were even >500khz that's enough to move a lot of data these days. >marlon > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tim Sylvester" <[email protected]> >To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:46 AM >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Barriers to WISP growth > > > >> I also further the idea that > >> release of public spectrum in the UHF bands would be a great shot in > >> the arm towards the goal of ubiquitous broadband. Cheaper than a > >> stimulus package too. > > > > OK. We are getting somewhere. You do want the government to do something. > > You want the government to open up the UHF bands for wireless data > > services. > > How should this be done? Should the spectrum be "free" or sold at auction > > to > > the highest bidder? Unlicensed, licensed, or semi-licensed? What > > restrictions, if any, should be placed on the devices using the spectrum - > > power output, cognitive radios, etc.? What about interference with > > wireless > > mics? > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
