Mike, I appreciate your response and concerns. I should have mentioned in my original post that I am either the the representative of the license holder (Kaysville City) for these frequencies, or in contact with the person who is.
I have not thus far used any equipment on the public service band that is not typed for that band, at least as far as I know. Nor do I intend to. We hired APCO last year to get everything squared away on the licensing for the repeater and that was a chore and a half. I don't want to do anything to put that in jeapordy. However, if I have all the permissions lined up, which I think I do; have all the licenses in place, which I think I do also, I need to find the best way to accomplish the task. One problem with working with volunteer organizations such as CERT is that everything has to be done, well, volunteer. We were able to get a grant for some money to get the repeater, and pay APCO to do the licensing, but that source has dried up. We have equipment, and people willing to do the work, but need to keep the "professional costs" to a minimum, without creating any problems for the local authorities. If I had $$ to spend, where would be the best place to spend it? My thoughts right now would be to have someone with a Service Monitor check our work after we are ready to plug everything in. I can connect wires, solder, and program without any issues. Even using the proper shielding, etc. if I know what needs to be connected where, and why. I agree that this may not be the norm for a lot of people, but we have done a LOT of work to keep this all within the proper authorizations and permissions. Thanks Bryan --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Pugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Also check to be sure the FCC license reflects the locations, type of > > service (FB; FB2; or MO) and power levels being proposed for the VHF > > frequency. > > > > > I'm glad someone else brought this up. During my 18 years in LMR, I ran > into a bunch of instances where someone wanted to link this to that, or > wanted to use a non type accepted radio or wanted to do several other > less than legal things. My response was always something like make sure > your station is completely legal if you are not the license holder. > Don't set your levels by ear, make sure they are set up correctly, even > if you have to pay to have it done. Why? Well, if you use improperly set > up equipment on a license you do not hold, such as a volunteer fire > frequency or the like, you place the license holder in a bad spot should > your station happen to be found in violation because of improper levels > or bandwidth. Same way with a converted ham radio, modified to operate > out of band. The point of my post is to make sure that your actions > don't adversely affect the licenseholder's license. It may be really > tough to explain to the county judge in your county how your actions > caused the county to incur a license infraction with the FCC, or worse, > a fine, or the loss of a license. > > I'd step very carefully here if it were me. In all license services > except the amateur bands, just because you can wire it together, don't > assume it is legal > > Mike Pugh >
