I agree with Jeff.
I am the Coordinator for Louisiana. I have all the information in my data
base for each repeater. So I should be able to check it. I also have Hams in
different parts of the state that check on repeaters for me. We give a year
before de-coordination. In that time someone should be able to here the
repeater on the air. If not, I will personally contact the owner and find out
what's happening. I own a handful of repeaters myself. And I can tell you that
sometimes after a severe lighting strike, it may take a while to get things
going again.
Show them that it is working. Or have a well known Ham verify it and send a
e-mail. And make sure that the coordinator has the correct PL tone in his data
base.
W5KGT
Kevin Thomas
Calhoun, La.
LCARC Coordinator
www.w5kgt.com
- Original Message
From: Jeff Kincaid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 7:34:55 PM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coordination question for the seasoned owners
Coordinators are a savvy lot (well, some of them are), and they know
that sometimes a fellow will repeatedly claim that his gear is on the
air when in fact it is not. So, they want to be able to kerchunk the
thing for themselves. Even if it's closed, the PL tone should be in
their files and they should be able to key it up. If they can't,
they're going to doubt your veracity. Now, maybe you just had the box
functioned off when they checked it (every time), but how are they
going to know that? If that's the case, you need to take the bull by
the horns and arrange to demonstrate the repeater's existance at a
mutually convenient time. If you can't they're going to believe that
you have a paper repeater, and they're going to give the channel to
someone else. They clearly have doubts about your operation, and
you're going to have to meet them half way to straighten it out.
Regards,
Jeff W6JK
--- In Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com, Coy Hilton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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.
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