- What is a Shared non-protected pair?
- It was asked about using 145.25 for a network of repeater for disaster work, so one would never be out of range of one.
- How or who do we work with in the surrounding states?
- What if someone puts up a repeater in one of the surrounding states that interferes with my repeater?
- What if the trustee of that repeater says he is coordinated, but it is through a coordination group that we don’t know or recognize?
- So what about the mess in Texas? What is ORSI doing about it?
- What is the biggest problem we have here in Oklahoma?
- Speaking of that, “I want a repeater pair for my area; you say there are no pairs available. You guys have one listed, but I have not heard it on the air for a long time. What’s the deal?
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Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 02:01Speaking of that, “I want a repeater pair for my area; you say there are no pairs available. You guys have one listed, but I have not heard it on the air for a long time. What’s the deal?
Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:03What is the biggest problem we have here in Oklahoma?
Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:03- Not knowing what’s really on the air and what isn’t. Our district officers will be working on this problem over the next few months.
So what about the mess in Texas? What is ORSI doing about it?
Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:03- Not much we can do, except until given any real reason not too, we will continue to recognize the folks with Texas VHF-FM Society as the coordination body for Texas.
Our biggest problem down their so far has been a somewhat rogue trustee sort of trying to push one of our repeaters around, and a discussion with a Texas coordinator led us to conclude we should ignore him so we did. We have since learned that the guy is now a silent key so I guess that takes care of the problem.
What if the repeater system in question was coordinated by some “alternate” group that seemingly sprung up out of nowhere?
Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:03- Yes that happens, and Texas is not the only place where it happens. We had that occur several years ago here in Oklahoma.
If all this is voluntary how can the FCC enforce that?
Submitted by wb5osm on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 01:02- In part 97, the FCC’s rules and regulations concerning amateur radio, the FCC has a rule that states that an amateur station must be operated at all times using “good operating and engineering practices.” Therefore abiding by a recognized band plan is good operating practice. Getting your repeater coordinated is good operating practice. By not doing these things they (FCC) consider it “not good operating practice” and therefore it is a violation of Part 97.
