UPS still has dibs on it but doesn't use it.
Makes me mad as hell. Somebody ought to petition the FCC to get it back,
ahem, maybe "the national amateur radio organization"?
On 1/4/2017 2:11 PM, Shon Edwards wrote:
Speaking of this, does anyone know what happened to that little piece of
the 1.25 M band we lost a while ago 9220-222 MHz)? I heard that it had
been given to UPS, who subsequently just let it lie fallow -- didn't bother
to use it at all. And is still that way. Can anyone confirm the truth or
otherwise, to this statement?
Thanks a bunch!
Shon, K6QT
Shon R. Edwards, MA, AG (Czech Republic)
Amateur call: K6QT
1039 N 2575 W
Layton, UT, 84041-7709
USA
Home phone: (801) 444-3445
E-mail: sre.1966@gmail.com
or
Shon Edwards
715 Strawberry Creek Private Rd.
Bedford, WY 83112
Cell: (307) 248-2104
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Catherine James <catherine.james@att.net>
wrote:
Manfred wrote:
"As long as enough hams prefer to buy radios loaded with multiple
features, while not understanding their technical specs, the manufacturers
will serve this market and make their business. They will make radios full
of features, bells and whistles, and they will make radios that try to
cover DC to daylight in all modes, and they will sacrifice performance as
much as they have to in order to meet a pre-determined price limit. And
many hams will keep buying them."
Well, to be fair, we don't have any choice given the options available
from the manufacturers. (I'm ignoring homebrew for purposes of discussion.)
I have seen many, many online posts asking for an all-mode VHF/UHF rig
that doesn't include HF. These used to be available, but have
disappeared. Today, if you want to do VHF SSB, you have three choices:
-- Modern HF rig plus a transverter
-- Discontinued old tech rig such as an IC-275 or IC-821
-- Modern DC to daylight rig
And the reason they don't exist is that the manufacturers have not found a
cost-effective way to manufacture them. So even those willing to spend
more for a modern, up-to-date version of the IC-275 don't have that option.
Bells and whistles are cheap, cheap, cheap. The cost of adding them is
negligible because they're mostly just firmware. But when you want higher
power, better filtering, higher frequencies, etc. -- anything that could be
called "performance" -- the cost rises because the cost of the raw
components needed rises.
73,
Cathy
N5WVR
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