UPS big brown truck/... ha!

Post by **batdude** » Sat Dec 01, 2001 11:43 am

now UPS is at it again, something about wanting a 440 mhz freq for package tracking... i read about this on the arrl home page... very interesting...

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jim · Post by **jim** » Sun Dec 02, 2001 5:46 pm

I'm sure if they offer the FCC enough $$$, they'll sell them anything they want. Could the FM broadcast band be next???

Post by **vcaruso** » Sun Dec 02, 2001 6:14 pm

at first the request seems harmless enough but if you read through the article it brings up a very valid point against this move. Big Brown will more than likely get it, in the New York metro area they managed to glom up some nice pieces of the 900MHz range.

BTW here is the link to the article
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2001/10/24/1/

CHEFA2001 · Post by **CHEFA2001** » Sun Dec 02, 2001 9:54 pm

Just for some funny reading, Please see the following link, as it was pretty amusing to me and I think you might get a chuckle out of it. Or a smirk at least!!

PS Never saw thatmovie though, but will be renting it tonight!

radioEd · Post by **radioEd** » Sun Dec 02, 2001 10:08 pm

where's the link?

raymond345 · Post by **raymond345** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 3:01 pm

Yes we have the same trouble in
Canada. ( FCC) industry Canada
does not watch to hard so R.A.C
must try to keep amateur radio
intact.Big business buys what they want.
Raymond

evanh · Post by **evanh** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 6:00 pm

Ain't it kinda funny how they target a specific range when they go after spectrum.

I know of an underutilized part of the spectrum between 26.965 and 27.405 Mhz !
These 40 channel rigs are real cheap too.

Put an 8 foot antenna on top of ol'-brown and they can talk to the moon.