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to: MATTHEW SADLER
from: PETE HOPPING
date: 1996-08-15 23:01:00
subject: Re: Cellular Mods for ICO

 -=> Quoting Matthew Sadler to Troy H. Cheek <=-
 THC> But now you've raised another question:  What exactly is SMR?
 MS> SMR is a trunked radio system that is operated for profit. The owner
 MS> rents or leases channels to a business or people and makes money off of
 MS> it.
 BB> The Cellular frequency band will never expand more than it has been
 BB> since the late 80's.  No where close for it to go!
 THC> And the FCC has _never_ reallocated frequency ranges before...  :-)
 MS> Wrong. Just ask any ham about the 220-222 MHz band. Used to be for
 MS> hams, then reallocated to UPS, but they decided not to use it, so now
 MS> it's just general business and public safety in ACSB mode, about 5 kHz
 MS> channels.
The band was NEVER reallocated to UPS.
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