I am one of the few who has working equipment for all bands through 10 GHz,
with 24 GHz almost done and hopes of having 47 and 78 GHz in the not too
distant future. I have a fair amount of money and a LOT of time invested in
this gear. If we lose these bands because someone else "buys" them, who is
going to reimburse me for the time and money spent on getting all this
equipment working? Don't say "no one, you lost." That is not acceptable to
me. If you were in my shoes, you'd probably say the same thing.
BTW Jim W9SNR is one of the few people in this area I can work on all these
bands. He's got a great Rover station!
I mentioned this before. Maybe everyone deletes my postings without reading
them.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Scott <acepilot@bloomer.net> wrote:
>
>
> I don't agree with either position here. Both SEEM to be saying, "IF
> IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ME, I DON'T CARE"....
> at least that's how I take it...maybe that's not the intent, but that's
> what it sounds like to me.
>
> W9SNR says he doesn't care about unused portions of the microwave
> bands. Well, if unused parts are taken away, what will happen when the
> number of hams on the microwave bands doubles or quadruples or more?
> Now you will have such crowded conditions, it will be like HF! That's
> why some of us left HF, or at least use it a lot less than when we were
> first licensed.
>
> Now let me tackle Les Rayburn's comments.
>
> Too little "activity above 1.2ghz as to make the impact of the loss of
> these bands unnoticeable to the amateur population outside the members
> of these mailing lists. Even the majority of VHF Men wouldn't directly
> mourn the loss." ??? I'm not sure where Les is, but there are many
> areas that have quite a bit of activity at 1.2 GHz and up. I happen to
> live in one area where there is considerable activity from 6M up through
> and including 24 GHz.
>
> "In exchange for all amateur allocations above 1.2ghz (with perhaps a
> small allocation at 10ghz) we could ask for:" ??? Why an allocation at
> 10 GHz? I suspect Les has gear for 10 GHz, but no other band above 1.2
> GHz.
>
>
>
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