At 10:41 AM 12/13/2006, Trevor wrote:
I did indeed mean 2390-2400 MHz, but we need to ensure 2400-2402 is protected as well so it can be used as an uplink if necessary.
The tragedy is that currently there are no common World-Wide Amateur S band segments below 2400 MHz , for instance I believe Japan only has 2400-2450 MHz.
Same in Oz, at least in the major population centres. :-(
Hopefully the ARRL and national societies will encourage their local regulators (FCC etc) to push for a World-Wide Amateur and Amateur Satellite allocation below 2400 as it's clear the band above 2402 MHz is becoming unusable.
We used to have 2300-2450 MHz across the entire country, but 2302 - 2400 was turned over to MDS TV broadcasting/narrowcasting several years ago, so the trend has been in the "wrong" direction in the last decade. :-(
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