At 04:14 PM 7/15/2007, Tom Frenaye wrote:

At 01:54 AM 7/15/2007, Joel Harrison wrote:

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ARRL Weekly Update on Hill Visits Weeks of July 2nd and 9th, 2007 Senator DeMint – Monday, July 9

(cut) ... I also noted that South Carolina is one of fourteen states whose police use the same “low band VHF.” Hap seemed concerned about our problems with interference caused by BPL. He said that he would talk to the Senator about cosponsoring.

What 14 states is John Chwat referring to? That's the first time I've heard it said that precisely. I traded e-mail with Ed Hare and he didn't have a list of them, but mentioned MO and NY as two of them.

Thought I'd close the loop on the question I raised above. Janet Worthington from Chwat&Co dug up the answer for me. She wrote: (attachment included)

Tom,

Data from the low-band VHF actually originally looks like it came from within the ARRL. According to a NPSTC 2005 Board Meeting, Tom Abernethy compiled a list of 14 states that use low-band and the corresponding test results. The list of states was published in a NPSTC Newsletter, Spectrum, in March of 2006. I have attached the relevant text of the newsletter.

Thanks,

Janet, KB3PDS

That number (14) seemed low to me but after another round of messages with Janet and Dave Sumner it was clear that the 14 states only referred to state police use of 30-50 MHz. If other first responders are include use of 30-50 MHz may involve all 50 states. -- 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