When it comes to coordination, fine. It's good for the community to understand how the spectrum is being used.
When it comes to regulation, do not go asking the FCC for rules, as they will either give you less than what you want, or constrain you by law in the future. Keep things simple and flexible folks and the innovation will follow! Thanks & 73, Gordon Beattie, W2TTT 201.314.6964 Past President Tri-State Amateur Repeater Council _____ From: Scott [mailto:n...@arrl.net] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:13 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Coordinating DD mode "repeaters" As a repeater owner I'm thinking I would like to have the minimal protection offered by the coordination process. The "repeaters" may be frequency agile but a 1.2G triplexer is not. Additionally, the local frequency coordinators are responsible for publishing my frequency to the ARRL and other potential repeater owners/users locally. After reading Part 97.205 and 97.3.a.39 it appears the FCC is only recognizes simultaneously broadcasted duplex signals as repeaters needing coordination. The Icom DD mode "repeater" fails both requirements. My questions are - 1) As a repeater owner, would you rather be coordinated? 2) Is there a reasonable alternative to coordination? 3) Should this be something we pursue with the FCC? Thanks, Scott N7SS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
