From the newsletter:
"...In particular, at least in Region 1, the segment between 144.315 and 144.365 MHz has become much quieter...."
Actually the segment from 144.360 to 144.370 is widely used by FSK441 and it would keep almost the 50% of the uplink on the trasponders since the TX period are consecutives.
Even international contests are not so much on this band, sats will be capable to reach people doing local contests (about 2-3 each weekend on region 1) with a lot of problems in order to work sats during the weekends !
In my opinion the best segment should be around 144.000 and 144040.
73 Fabio Roccatagliata
IZ1EGT / F5VKV
On 8/25/06, Trevor m5aka@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
The latest issue of the IARU Region 1 VHF-UHF-uW Newsletter contains an interesting discussion paper on "Increased Amateur Satellite Service 2 Metre Usage" - it's well worth a read.
The IARU Region 1 VHF-UHF-uW Newsletter Edition 43a PDF is at http://www.iaru-r1.org/Newsletter_43a.pdf
The newsletter webpage is at http://www.iaru-r1.org/VHF%20Newsletters.htm
73 Trevor M5AKA
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