If you've ever wondered what our spectrum is worth... http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-spectrum-aucti... KVCR is analog channel 24, from 530-536 MHz, and digital channel 26, from 542-548 MHz. So they will get $628.6m or about $52m per Mhz. Guess that means 430-450 Mhz would be worth $1.0B if it was all in the San Bernardino/Los Angeles market. So the FCC is buying the spectrum from broadcasters so the FCC can auction it. How can the FCC even think about paying broadcasters for frequencies? I thought that wasn't even possible... The broadcasters don't own the spectrum, it's all of ours! Can we sell a microwave band? We probably have a spare 100 MHz somewhere. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444