Talk:1.25 meters

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Amateur radio, which collaborates on articles related to amateur radio technology, organizations, and activities. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start	This article has been rated as Start-class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.

"Today, while not as widely available as 2 meter and 70 centimeter equipment, 1.25 meter equipment is much easier to obtain than it has been in the past and there is new handheld and mobile equipment being produced by amateur radio manufacturers."

The only mobile (non-handheld) equipment I have seen on the new market (as opposed to the used market) is the Alinco DR-235T. With only one rig available, I think the statement above is false and should be removed. Is there other gear available new of which I am not aware? Off2Explore (talk) 22:11, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cutting, referencing

I've deleted material that was mostly inappropriate to encyclopedic content, either because it was mutable, too ham-centric, or primarily listings of external links. Reinstate it if you want, but I think we're better off getting the rest of this article (and others like it) properly referenced before filling them out with more arcane details. Ninly (talk) 15:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree. This article still has some major problems. For one, it is entirely focused on the band as it is defined and used in the United States and Canada - what about the rest of the hemisphere? There are almost no references to support claimed statements of fact. There are several sentences that are clearly the author's opinion. Finally, about a third of article content was a directory of external links that was not suitable to an encyclopedic article. I fixed the latter problem and have tagged the former problems.--Kharker (talk) 21:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

There is none to very little information available that I've found for the rest of the hemisphere.Stereorock (talk) 23:04, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I've continued this pursuit, and started to look for more references, although you're both right, they're sparse. If you have any more books or magazines lying around with information on the history of the band, they could come in handy. I didn't cut too much on this pass, but I probably will soon. Specifically, I don't think the article needs to be talking about particular manufacturers except in broad strokes, and certainly not specific equipment models, unless they have contributed significantly to the historical development or character of the band. Saying "few radios have been commercially manufactured for these frequencies, and when they have they haven't sold well" should be enough.

I also added a weasel-words tag to the Propagation Characteristics section ("Some people say..." should always raise an eyebrow), in addition to your POV tags, but I stopped short of cutting it way down on this pass. Saying that propagation range on 220 is as good as 2m, while noise floor and penetration are as good as 440, is just not true (although characteristics may be comparable, and 220 may be a good compromise). However, I need to get some sleep before making any major changes. :)

Finally, although I cleaned them up a bit, I would argue that sample band plans have little place in these articles -- there are other, more topical references for such things, and band plans are rarely definitive or useful in an encyclopedic way -- but that's a discussion for the WikiProject. /Ninly (talk) 05:32, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hawaii

The 1.25 meter band is available for use by amateurs in Hawaii. Is it available to any other Region III areas covered by FCC jurisdiction? KH2, KH0?--Kharker (talk) 22:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Hawai'i is still part of Region 2. As the F.C.C. rules are defined, it appears that the band is NOT available to U.S. hams in Region 3 (the KHØ & KH2 that you mentioned for example)Stereorock (talk) 23:04, 3 June 2008 (UTC)