On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 04:58:00PM -0700, bruce mallon wrote: > D-Star and echo-link will fit nicely into 145.500 - 145.700 with no > movement of other stations.
EchoLink? Sure. D-Star? Not repeaters. Repeaters can't operate there. > Lets make use of THAT band before you want thousands of stations to move > .... > AND if a repeater is not on or is not being used the local coordination > should have the right to give THAT pair to a d-star group.also ALL > uncoordinated repeaters need to be? REMOVED analog or not ...... How do you decide? And are you willing to pay to defend the inevitable lawsuits? There's no way to force repeaters off the air, coordinated or uncoordinated. Coordination bodies don't have that power. Only the FCC can do it, and they're not about to. Jay Maynard, K5ZC Chairman, Minnesota Repeater Council -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC at K6ZC port B http://www.conmicro.com http://www.k6zc.org http://www.tronguy.net http://jmaynard.livejournal.com (Yes, that's me!) http://www.hercules-390.org
