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Old July 30th 06, 02:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jim Macklin
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government assigns the channels, we are stuck with it.


"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
| Going from 100 KHz to 25 KHz quadrupled the number of
channels. Forty
| years ago, 90 comm. channels and 50 VOR was common and
now, Comm.
| channels are in the thousands.
|
| So why are we still stuck with almost every uncontrolled
field in existence
| having their CTAFs crammed into just 2 or 3 freqs? How
many years is it
| since you could even buy a radio that didn't have 25 khz
spacing?