I don't think I am missing the point. I've been saying and recommending that
all along. My preference is to do weak-signal operating, so I'm mainly
interested in those small slices of the spectrum. But if a lot of people can
put together some 10 GHz (or any other band) megabit/second digital backbone
radios as designed, for example, by Glen N6GN, then that would be great.
As for me, I almost came close to making some skeds for this morning,
getting up at 4:30 AM and driving 45 miles to a hilltop in -8 degree
temperatures to try to work some people because the Hepburn forecast was
very promising. At the last moment I chickened out. I still haven't heard if
the predicted tropo conditions materialized.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:49 AM, frank bechdoldt <k3uhf@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Zack is missing the point,
>
>
>
> The key would be to get the majority of activity or contacts beyond that of
> the contests. If we created some real infrastructure on those bands then we
> have a better chance of justify our use of them. We can argue
> infrastructure from 1.3 down. The broadband folks and the FCC is looking
> for 800 - 1000 mhz of spectrum, 900 ,1.3 , 2.3 or 3.4 will get hit in the
> near future to give the whole country smart phones. Why not trade it for
> another band? Or for some sort of amendment to a bill that will give us
> more antenna rights?
>
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