kentborg, 6 months ago

@sergio_101 Put it on 219MHz, start a trend! (We need an affordable Raspberry Pi 219MHz transceiver hat that can do a 100kHz wide signal.)

sergio_101, 6 months ago

@kentborg ooh! Good idea. There is just nothing to connect to around here.

kentborg, 6 months ago

@sergio_101 A trend is necessary: There are NO hams on 219MHz right now.

kentborg, 6 months ago

@sergio_101 If there were a transceiver card I could plug into a Raspberry Pi, software to install, stick up an antenna, do the paperwork…I'd be temped to put up a couple as a matter of principle.

sergio_101, 6 months ago

@kentborg you’re talking about the 220 mhz band, right?

kentborg, 6 months ago

@sergio_101 No, 219-220MHZ.

This interesting video explains it: https://youtu.be/l6ds6RBufHI?si=vUbUZfI7wK3jsx30

sergio_101, 6 months ago

@kentborg ok! I have an HT that has that band, but nothing is ever going on there. I found a repeater there in California. But that was like 20 years ago

kentborg, 6 months ago

@sergio_101 Part of calling it the "haunted band".

When I said no hams on it I mean NO hams.

kentborg, 6 months ago

@sergio_101 Check the details on that 1MHz, very restricted. But very explicitly designed for a traffic system. But no one has built it. Yet.

sergio_101, 6 months ago

@kentborg okay. This weekend’s reading.

sergio_101, 6 months ago

@kentborg okay, i watched this over the weekend. there is ALOT to unpack here.