[TenTec] Serious market overlooked by ham manufacturers

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 04:44:42PM -0400, philip c anderson wrote:
> 
> In a recent ARRL 6/27/08 web survey the question was ask, do you operate the 220 mhz band?
> Of 2991 responses the results were as follows:
>  
> Frequently    5.9%
> Occasionally 10.7%
> Rarely          12.3%
> Never           71.1%
>  
> The numbers speak. 

Bear in mind that those are U.S. numbers. The numbers in the "Americas"
of hams in general are miniscule compared to the U.S. and 222 does not
exist as a ham band in the rest of the world. 

It's also 222mHz, the 220-222 segment was taken away by the FCC to provide
a nationwide digital radio network for a popular package delivery service,
who never used it. They went directly to 800mHz.

Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm at mendelson.com  N3OWJ/4X1GM