I may attract some personal attacks for posting about radio stuff on
the Ladies' Classes mailing list ;) but here goes...
Those clubs using VHF-FM "business band" radios, or considering it,
will want to make note of the FCC's imminent deregulation of certain
frequencies in this band...in other words, no more licenses!
Apparently the FCC is giving up trying to control the scads of
unlicensed radios in this band, and is creating a new public radio band
called MURS (Multiple Use Radio Service...how's that for a content-free
acronym). Details are at <http://www.provide.net/~prsg/murshome.htm>.
The radios are still pretty expensive compared to CB or FRS, but tend
to give better sound quality. Texas Spokes SCC just bought several
Radio Shack BTX-128 VHF two-ways on sale for $149.95 each (they're
usually $179). The sale runs thru Sept 30 for anyone interested, and
we were pretty pleased with their performance when we tested them this
past weekend.
Craig Blome
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