[amsat-bb] Re: Old Oscar Sub Band 144.300-144.500

[Roger]

Google would seem to indicate that the best solution would be to use the 
rules outlined by your local 2 meter coordinating committee...in 
reality, those frequencies are not currently published as in use by any 
amateur satellites.

Roger
WA1KAT

On 9/30/2011 5:45 PM, ka9qjg wrote:
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> Hello hope Everyone is doing Well I "am not sure this Post went out or not
> If Someone  has a Answer  if You like Just E-Mail Me Direct at
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> THANKS IN Advance
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> 73 De Don KA9QJG
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> Hello From Don KA9QJG   , Hope Everyone is doing Well I have Heard and Read
> and ask a lot of Questions about Hams using the Oscar Sub Band 144.3-144.5
> and as You can guess I Got a lot of Opinions From the ARRL, FCC   And
> others, So I thought the Best thing to go was to actually get the Answers
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> Yes I know that  and as a Responsible Ham I think We all should use the
> Guidelines , But in this Case  From what I have found the Oscar Sats have
> not been on the Air since in Many Years ,  and NO Other Sats or ISS Is using
> the Freqs or set aside for them ,  So  a Lot of Hams in the US are using the
> Freqs for  FM/ SSB  CW  DIGTAL  And Look the Well Established APRS 144.39
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> And long time and still used 144.34 FM for Conducting ATV   And I have seen
> on the Internet Some States actually adding the 144.300-144.5 As Simplex FM
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> The Problem is I have Heard People Jamming and Arguments about this over the
> Air   , I have even seen on the Internet when doing searches for Info Some
> States even include this NON Used 144.300  TO 144.500 For  FM Simplex Etc..
> Because NO Oscar Sats Exist or Nothing else to Interfere with But I agree
> 100Percent if there Was  the Freqs should NOT Be used for anything other
> then what it was intended for
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> Thanks 73
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> De Don KA9QJG
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> PS as You know We have a lot of older Hams kind of set in their ways and the
> New ones Are Listening and looking for ways to Fit in, and We need as Many
> New Responsible Hams in this Hobby as We can get But How Could We get on
> these Freqs Some are using and Say Hey We are not allowed here Because of
> the Oscar Sub Band Something that has been Gone for over 20 Yrs
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