25 Apr
2007
25 Apr
'07
1:11 a.m.
At 11:06 PM 4/24/2007, Roger Kolakowski wrote:
You have your facts backwards...the world's military is currently assisting Amateur Radio, we are not providing them with anything they don't have already.
In fact, the only reason we have some of our bands is because we share them with the military, and they aren't going to give them up without a fight (pardon the expression ;) ). The military need them for defence purposes, and it's fortuitous that their needs and ours are compatible and allow for us to occupy the bands when and where they are not needed for defence purposes at a particular time. How long would the 70cm allocation last without military interests reserving the band?
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