George, To my knowledge there was no "grandfather period" awarded. My 900 repeater is located in the penthouse of a 19-floor geriatrics housing building in Joliet, and they made us move all transmitters out of the elevator equipment room about 2 years ago, including the Sheriff, Joliet PD and FD, and all amateur equipment.
I can't explain why it hasn't been address at the location you are questioning, but if I were you. I'd bring it to the attention of the building's management - before you ALL get cited. Mark - N9WYS -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of George Henry Interesting... I wonder if existing equipment was grandfathered here in Illinois, or if the building where one of our machines is located is ignoring it. When accessing the roof thru the elevator machine room recently to do some maintenance on our antennas, I spotted 2 repeaters belonging to the site owner; one each for the Sheriff (labeled "backup"), local PD, and local FD, as well as another unmarked VHF (judging from the size of the attached cans) repeater in another corner. There's also network, PBX, and telco punchdown blocks galore up there. And the door to the other elevator machine room nearby has a cellular system warning sign on it... George, KA3HSW / WQGJ413
