Subj : Da Di Dit  Dit - Rulz
To   : STAN PHILLIPS
From : Roy Witt
Date : Tue Aug 22 2000 12:14 pm

Hello STAN.

20 Aug 00 22:47, you wrote to me:


 RW>  SP>> Do a search under 'LEO'.  The commercial interests have been
 RW>  SP>> looking at the success of the ham satelites
 RW>>
 RW>> None of those companies are using Amateur frequencies.

 SP> However, there has been (and possibly still is)  govt. lobbying to
 SP> get access to this part of the Ham bands.

Our military uses frequencies from 300MHz to well over 400MHz and they're
not going to give it up.

 RW>> they'd like to take over either VHF or UHF HAM bands.  BTW, our
 RW>> 420-450Mhz UHF HAM band is on a shared basis with the US military
 RW>> (usually radar),

 SP> It was apparently the military that kept them out at their last
 SP> attempt.

As long as the military has a use for those frequencies, they won't allow
anyone to have them.  There are places along the Canadian/American
border where the use of those frequencies by Amateurs is even forbidden.
When I lived near the Miramar Navel Base in San Diego, I had to put up
with radar interference, every day.  Those who live closer to the Navel
base on North Island have radar interference even worse from all of the
navy ships in the harbor and their airfield.  That's what we have to put
up with while sharing military frequencies and that's probably the reason
the military isn't going to want any other gov't or commercial users on
those frequencies.


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