Dan, there will be a time when we cant get a wide band commercial repeater that we use for our beloved 25khz analog repeaters anymore. Here in under 2 years when the FCC requires all manufactures to stop building wideband equipment and everyone in the commercial band to be at a 12.5khz emission.
There are rumors floating around that firmware releases for programmable equipment may include the removal of the 25khz option in that equipment. Not good for hams. How would you like to be on a hill top and flash your GE Master 3 or Motorola Quantar or a MTR2000 to the latest firmware and find out it will only do 12.5khz. Watch out as the time is coming. Mike Mullarkey K7PFJ 6886 Sage Ave Firestone, Co 80504 303-736-9693 _____ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Blasberg Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 9:24 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Trbo to be DOA 2012 Say Hello to Tetra Why would anyone have to start talking about a 6.25 Bandplan? Since naroowbanding does not apply to amateur radio, what makes you think any of the equipment manufacturers will make narrowband specific equipment? Yes, FMN is an option on some amateur rigs, but not all. And with the narrow band compliance for part 95 and other commercial users, there should be no shortage of wide band repeater equipment for years to come. I'm just asking to see where your perspective is coming from. Dan KA8YPY On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:59 PM, lenaw12 wrote: > --- In Repeater-Builder@ <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "j.cherry377" > <j.cherry...@...> wrote: > > "...My question is when will the 440 and 2m bands start talking > about making a > unified 6.25 kc divisible bandplan and apply it nationwide? They > will have to do > it so might as well get started talking about it. I know that there > are a lot of > people with 25/30 kc radios that are not going to care for hearing > about this..." > > I can see a band split and reallocation of wider modes into one > portion of each ham band with the narrow/digital modes holding court > in another. > > LW > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
