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In the \u201creaders bag\u201d today was a really very good article on the \u201cuse<\/strong> or loose\u201d subject around HR 607.   I do have to agree with the points below from the article by K3NG at AmateurRadio.com<\/a>  .   Go check it out and read also the opposing comments.  Maybe place your comments there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some \u201cinconvenient truths\u201d about 440 and its potential reallocation:<\/p>\n

1.  Amateur radio<\/strong> usage of the 440 band<\/strong> is abysmal.  (Dead repeaters don\u2019t count as usage.)<\/p>\n

2.  What usage there is of 440 is inefficient when compared with 3G and 4G technologies that could use<\/strong> the band<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3.  Millions could benefit<\/strong> for 440 rather than a few thousand who use<\/strong> it today.<\/p>\n

4.  Amateur radio\u2019s 440 band<\/strong> is a secondary allocation, not primary.\u201d<\/p>\n

I too hate to  give up any of the assigned frequencies that we have, but I am also at a realization in this life that \u201chaving stuff\u201d does not buy you happiness.  Hell it does not even provide for the future.  Having the 440 band, even on a secondary basis, that is so little used does not provide the best use<\/strong> of the resource.  Consider that the use<\/strong> we are making of most of it is already \u201cvintage\u201d status (50 years old). With the present use<\/strong> and move to upgrade, it will most likely become \u201cantique\u201d (100 years old) and still be analog, ker-chunking, systems.  <\/p>\n

I have been in Amateur radio<\/strong> long enough to confirm that the technology of the \u201c50\u2019s\u201d (although I would have more related it to the late 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s) is not what we should be protecting.   When I was first licensed in the mid 70\u2019s repeaters were few but they were well used.  I could get on almost any time of day<\/strong> or night and strike up a conversation with someone or call to get help, directions, etc.  Today, it is rare that I call and get an answer.  I monitor the local repeaters when I am out and seldom hear anything more than the every present \u201cker-chunking\u201d.  Yes they are still up and working, so say something!  Even though I monitor them I carry my new \u201csmart-phone\u201d and it gets more use<\/strong> than my dual bander.  Crap, it is way smaller, has millions<\/strong> of more uses and flexibility and costs less (well not including a monthly service charge).  Yes when all other lines of communication fail Amateur Radio can get through but just how much real use<\/strong> is there for that limited, occasional need?  My excuse for using the smart phone more is that I am needing to talk to people that are not \u201cradio-active\u201d.  <\/p>\n

I have to consider that if a portion of the 440 band<\/strong> was given up to benefit<\/strong> millions<\/strong> of people, and that benefit<\/strong> was on a daily basis, then maybe that is justification enough and what we need<\/strong> to do?  As a \u201cfraternity, or to fill our personal spirit with justification, we like to boast about our public service and the need<\/strong> for these frequencies.  We provide communication in times of disaster and need.  Does that limited and short term use, in one<\/strong> small band<\/strong> out weigh the consistent daily need<\/strong> of the many?   The benefit<\/strong> we have today, for a few thousand actual, occasional users, given back to provide a benefit<\/strong> for millions<\/strong> on a daily basis?  <\/p>\n

I am re-thinking my opposition to the \u201cgive-away\u201d and wondering that maybe we need<\/strong> to wake up and \u201cuse<\/strong> it or loose it"!  – WD0AJG <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the \u201creaders bag\u201d today was a really very good article on the \u201cuse or loose\u201d subject around HR 607.   I do have to agree with the points below from the article by K3NG at AmateurRadio.com  .   Go check it out and read also the opposing comments.  Maybe place your comments there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are some \u201cinconvenient truths\u201d about 440 and its potential reallocation:<\/p>\n

1.  Amateur radio usage of the 440 band is abysmal.  (Dead repeaters don\u2019t count as usage.)<\/p>\n

2.  What usage there is of 440 is inefficient when compared with 3G and 4G technologies that could use the band.<\/p>\n

3.  Millions could benefit for 440 rather than a few thousand who use it today.<\/p>\n

4.  Amateur radio\u2019s 440 band is a secondary allocation, not <\/p>\n

“And Now the Rest of the Story – “Ham Radio \u2013 HR 607 \u2013 440 band – loss or gain?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,19],"class_list":["post-6268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bbs","tag-ishmael-bathurst-genology","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nHam Radio \u2013 HR 607 \u2013 440 band - loss or gain? 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