[VHFcontesting] 902 vs 903

[Zack Widup]

AFAIK we still have 902 in the USA.  But for some reason parts of the
country use 902 and parts use 903.  The 903 frequency seems to be popular
here in the Midwest.

Bill, it was 10 years ago (Dayton 1993) that I bought a 1296 transverter
board from you when you owned Down East Microwave.  It still serves me
well!

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, 14 May 2003, Bill Olson wrote:

> Kevin, Gosh it's so long ago and my mind isn't as sharp as it used to be. I 
> think we (in the US) LOST the 902-903MHz portion of the band. The Canadians 
> still have 902 so that's why the 144-902 combo still exists and it's 
> perfectly useable at 903 when the IF is tuned to 145. There used to be 
> "some" stations back in the "old days" that couldn't go above 144.4 (for 
> instance) with their IF rig (I know that seems pretty far fetched with the 
> proliferation of multimode 144-148 rigs these days - but it's true). That 
> fact coupled with the desire to have "instant bandswitching" (not having to 
> change band switch on IF rig when going from 903 - 1296 - 2303, etc) made 
> the 144-903 desireable to some.
> 
> These days the 144-902 (144-903) setup is probably the best. That way if you 
> want to sell the rig to a VE station, he doesn't have to buy a new crystal 
> if he wants to operate at 902.. (hah!)
> 
> hope you are now as confused as I am!
> 
> bill, k1DY Maine
>