ShawnCowden
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what do u all think the future of the low band police band 30-49 mhz will be once everyone goes to VHF hi UHF 800 or etc ? any chance ham will be used here ?
what do u all think the future of the low band police band 30-49 mhz will be once everyone goes to VHF hi UHF 800 or etc ?
any chance ham will be used here?
A well designed AND maintained VHF low-band system will provide superior base to mobile coverage in almost any situation, portables are an exception; the problem lies in the poor performance of comprised portable antennas.
I see this in my area. Not necessarily with low band, but agencies keeping licenses on an old spectrum after moving to something new.Many have a nasty habit of renewing licenses on channels that have long ago been abandoned - thus tieing up precious spectrum that could be used elsewhere.
In some places, the VHF low band is getting new life. The Florida Department of Transportation is currently building a state wide VHF low band repeater system.
I think the ITU would have something to say about the US allocating HF bands to any other service especially since commercial CW stations are a thing of the past and the few other services like broadcast that share a few bands in regions 1 and 3 are going dark little by little.
Warren,"Many have a nasty habit of renewing licenses on channels that have long ago been abandoned - thus tying up precious spectrum that could be used elsewhere."
(Fixed it for ya.)
On the contrary, those channels have not been abandoned, rather the usage has changed. When the primary service migrated the old channels have been retained for secondary or backup usage, often wide area simulcast or point to point communication due to the nature of the band. A channel that appears dead may come alive once in a while only you'll never notice unless you monitor it. That's the way it's done around here, your actual mileage may vary.