Some coordinators have in some areas have taken out either simplex or packet channels or a combination of both to accomodate the new growth in new repeaters that was brought on by the introduction of D-Star.
The problem with the "paper" repeaters is that people are not helping the coordinators find them. In most cases there are not even rules in the by-laws or operating standards of most coordinating bodies to deal with these paper repeaters because when the by-laws were written it was assumed that hams would be honest and professional in their dealings and there were plenty of pairs to go around. Things have changed though, and this paper repeater issue is a sore spot with coordination bodies everywhere, but until these people holding them are embarrased and become the "bad guys" they will not give them up. Unfortunately other than refusing a coordination the coorination groups do not have any legal authority to tell anyone what they may or may not do. In the event that these people at some point begin to cause harmful interference and the matter must be taken to the FCC. In that case the FCC will side with the repeater that is sanctioned by the coordinating group. I agree with going after the paper repeaters, but I also have been involved in creative organization to accomodate all the new repeaters that have been established in the last three or four years. Dan Thompson d...@waycom.com > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:31:01 -0600 > Nate Duehr <n...@natetech.com> wrote: > >> I know of no repeaters being installed in the simplex >> portions of the bands that D-STAR repeaters use, but maybe >> something's different where you are? > > When I read that statement it reads like this: > > "I know of no (analog) repeaters being installed in the simplex > portions of the bands that D-STAR repeaters use." > > Almost as if it is okay for D-Star and not for analog. Maybe I read > that wrong but please don't use the simplex frequencies. Go after > paper repeaters first. > > Another idea is to contact the owners of analog repeaters and work > together to convert those to D-Star.
