[VHFcontesting] ARRL UHF Contest Cancelled

[Zack Widup]

I wonder if that means we will see cheaper and more plentiful parts
available for millimeter-wave bands? We can hope.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Tom Holmes <tholmes at woh.rr.com> wrote:

> The micro cells I have seen were being tested for Verizon at 900 and 2.2
> GHz.
>
> The new 5G scheme will be at 30 and 60 GHz.
>
> Tom Holmes, N8ZM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf
> Of Steve Tripp (K1IIG)
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:32 AM
> To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] ARRL UHF Contest Cancelled
>
>  Another concern we should be aware of is our UHF frequencies comingunder
> attack by Cellular Carriers. I heard that there is movement to use the 5ghz
> band. Verizon and maybe others are building Micro Cells on Telephone Poles.
> In CT Verizon is now building 35 of these pole mounted sites and one might
> be in your backyard causing RFI. Now it is not likely that 10ghz is in
> their
>
> sites but one never knows what they are proposing.
> If 10ghz contesting goes away or is diminished, what's next. We need to
> encourage more activity on the upper UHF frequencies and discontinuing this
> contest might discourage participation. I would suggest we let this
> upcoming
>
> contest continue as scheduled and going forward open up more discussion on
> this topic.
> 73's
> Steve
> HF-10ghz
>
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