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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Note...being on-the-air or transmitting DOES NOT equate to channel usage.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Frequencies set aside for 911 call boxes are used less than 0.01% of the time (thankfully)...yet their usage is 100%.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Walt/K5YFW</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: ham-80211-bounces@lists.tapr.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:ham-80211-bounces@lists.tapr.org">mailto:ham-80211-bounces@lists.tapr.org</A>]On Behalf Of Eric S. Johansson</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 2:17 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: TAPR Mailing List for Ham Radio Use of 802.11</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [Ham-80211] OT??? High power 2.4 GHz rules change</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Doug Ferrell wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> On Wed, 17 May 2006, Jeff King wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> but the utilization of 420-450mhz across the majority of the country is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> almost zero. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Interesting... try and geta a 70cm repeater pair in florida... stand in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> line. More UHF here than VHF.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>pairs do not equal utilization. In Boston, it's also similarly </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>impossible to get a pair on 2 meters or 440. yet if you scan the bands </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>outside of a 30 minute to one hour window in rush-hour, you hear </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>virtually no activity except a few retirees here and there.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Anyway, this is getting a bit far afield of the topic.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>--- eric</FONT>
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