THE PLIGHT OF 440 AMATEUR REPEATERS ON THE WEST COAST
January 14th, 2010 by hamslife
While the issue of interference between amateur radio operators on the 440 MHz band and the US Air Force Pave PAWS has been resolved on the east coast the restrictions on amateur operations on the 440 MHz band still remains in effect on the west coast of the United States.
If you are not familiar with the issue more information can be seen on the January 8, 2008 post (http://hamslife.com/?p=60) and on the February 1, 2008 post (http://hamslife.com/?p=81 ) of this blog site.
By means of email the Section Manager for the ARRL Sacramento Valley Section, Ronald D. Murdock, W6JK gave an update to ARRL members in the Sacramento Valley Section.
In his email Ron said that on 8 January 2010 he and other ARRL officials were given a briefing by Lt. Col. Cory J. Keepler the commander of the 7th Space Warning Squadron at Beal AFB, CA. In this briefing Lt. Col. Keepler revealed that the Air Force believes the current restrictions on the local Amateur radio operations has improved Pave PAWS operation and thus will remain in effect.
There is also some other interference which the Air Force has not yet been able to identify. The Air Force will continue to search for any interference and hopefully will be able to identify all of them.
Category: U S Defense, RADAR, UHF, 440 MHz, 440 MHz Amateur Band, Pave PAWS, U S Air Force, Military Comunications, amateur radio, Interferance, Ham Radio Bands, ARRL, ham radio | 3 Comments »
