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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">And 220 isn't
available in other parts of the world, such as Australia.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Maybe it's time to
think outside the box and see if one of the Chinese
manufacturers, Baofeng, et al, would be interested in making a
5-10W 9k6 ready 23cm mobile rig that would have world wide
appeal. Cheap rigs in a non-congested band might open up new
opportunities for general APRS applications.<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Ray vk2tv<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/08/16 22:41, Ev Tupis via aprssig
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471523752625_9666">It is a shame
that 219 to 220 MHz (all digital allocation) is not available
in most of the USA.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1471523752625_9667">Alternatively,
maybe it's time to petition the FCC to identify 147-148 MHz as
a 1-MHz wide digital only allocation. lol<br>
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<hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
Robert Bruninga via aprssig <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org"><aprssig@tapr.org></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
TAPR APRS Mailing List <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org"><aprssig@tapr.org></a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 11:34 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[aprssig] 9600 Baud East Coast Backbone<br>
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are dreaming of a 9600 baud East coasst
packet backbone along the route of the
APRS Golden Packet event. <a
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href="http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html">http://aprs.org/ec9600net.html</a></a><br>
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I wonder if the 5W 220 MHz HT featured in
QST this month would make a possible radio.
Many of these sites are high and adjacent to
plenty of VHF and UHF commercial rigs.<br>
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