[SCCC] Fwd: FCC Removal of HAMS from 3 and 5 GHz

[Andre Hansen]

...and I'm one of the armful Marty speaks of who have taken top honors and
contributed to the top-club gavels for SCCC.  I am also the project manager
for AREDN, the Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network, the open source
software development that makes mesh networking work on these nose-bleed
ham bands,

Andre, K6AH


On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 6:14 PM Marty Woll <n6vi at socal.rr.com> wrote:

>
> Actually, there are quite a few of us in SCCC who have operated 3 and 5 GHz
> (and higher) - those bands were part of producing  a world distance record,
> nation-winning scores, all-time contest records and an armful of top-club
> gavels for SCCC.
>
> Many of us involved in public-service organizations such as ARES and ACS
> are
> using, supporting and / or building mesh networks that include 3 and 5 GHz
> frequencies not shared with the U-NII spectrum.
>
> South Orange County (your area, Steve) in particular has already made heavy
> use of 3 GHz for its mesh system.  All that will go down the drain if RM
> 19-348 is adopted as proposed, as will the investments many of us have made
> in 3 GHz weak-signal stations.
>
> Money talks, and 5G marches on, so salvaging anything will be a difficult
> fight.  Stay tuned.
>
> Marty N6VI
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SCCC [mailto:sccc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 5:49 PM
> To: sccc at contesting.com
> Subject: [SCCC] Fwd: FCC Removal of HAMS from 3 and 5 gHZ
>
> I seriously doubt many of we contesters have ever operated such nose-bleed
> frequencies as 3 or 5 GHz.  . . .
>
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