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Can anyone provide some insight into why this would be? What's the intention of these restrictions?
by lepht 12y ago
Can anyone provide some insight into why this would be? What's the intention of these restrictions?
- spacefight 12y agoTheoretical capacity on the bands maybe?
- meatmanek 12y agoIn the PDF that nitinics linked, https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-139A1.pdf https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-02-139A1.p..., check out the bottom of page 13. Because repeaters utilize two channels at once (input and output) and extend the operating range of a single user, their use would limit the number of users able to share these frequencies at the same time. ... some commenters are concerned that MURS frequencies will be congested and that repeater use will only aggravate this problem. We agree. Basically, they want to maximize the number of users that are able to reasonably use this band. At the time (1998-2002), two-way radios were much more popular than they are today (cell phones have largely made them obsolete), so I can understand the concern. For whatever reason, MURS never did became as popular as GMRS or FRS did.