[BC] DTV s on low band VHF channels...

[Mark Humphrey]

In Germany, 74 to 87 MHz is still used for public safety.

In the UK, a portion of this range is the "4-metre" ham band:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_metres

The RSGB magazine Radcom has reported that the Dutch government plans
to give a portion of TV Channel 4 back to the hams after it's vacated
-- a kind gesture indeed!

Mark


On 3/21/07, Dana  Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
> It's good for lots of things....the most obvious that comes to mind is analog
> or digital audio broadcasting. It could also be used for short haul wifi,
> amateur radio (one of the big reasons six meters isn't used in cities is the
> channel 2 interference issues), control and command (as in telemetry),
> military use (the military already uses some of this band
> located between TV analog channels 4 and 5), hobby broadcasting, paging (and
> myriad other automated one way and/or interactive services), etc.
>
>