In congested areas this is going to be a fact of life. All your coordinator wants probably is a quick on air demo.
Is the guy local? He should already know the PL tones etc. Coy Hilton wrote: > > > HI Gang > I have had one of my 2 meter repeaters coordinated as a closed > repeater for at least two years. Three times last year I was sent a > email asking if the repeater was on the air and three times I > answered "yes" each time. I had even had a on going discussion about > having multiple transmitters on the same pair coordinated. I was never > asked to prove the repeater existed or even to "prove it" in any other > way. They are trying to de-coordinate me on this pair using this > reason. when it has been coordinated as a CLOSED machine for 2 years. > > My question to you is have any of you guys have ever heard of having a > repeater coordination recinded because of this. I know that the FCC > rules say that Closed repeaters are allowed and the coordinators will > allow coordinating a repeater as closed. I'm looking for further > replies or suggestions as how to handle this. > > The local director and vice-director are actually the ones behind this. > -- Jay Urish W5GM ARRL Life Member Denton County ARRL VEC N5ERS VP/Trustee Monitoring 444.850 PL-88.5
