Tom,
I concur with your thoughts and answers
Your statements are just good common sense that work to the benefit of all, I
believe...
73 de Scott/KT4ER
N4USI Bull Run D-Star &
National Capitol Region (NCR) D-Star Association Member
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Hi Scott.
Yes, it is nice to be coordinated on our DD mode access point. I manage
the NV4FM Tysons Corner Virginia D-STAR stack which is owned by the
Northern Virginia FM Association. (yes, pesky "FM" in the name but they
have more FM repeaters than DV repeaters!)
I agree that the DD mode access
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 flex
(We're going to have to keep this short, since this is an International
list, and many people here simply aren't interested in FCC rules. Been
there, done that, on the IRLP list in the past, and it's now a banned topic,
because of the misinformation and flame-fests that started up. Folks
hopefull
In a message dated 3/23/09 4:28:30 PM, n...@arrl.net writes:
> My questions are -
>
> 1) As a repeater owner, would you rather be coordinated?
> Yes!
>
> 2) Is there a reasonable alternative to coordination?
> Right now, with the 23 cm band pretty well empty, somebody needs to keep a
spreadsh
Scott brings up an excellent point. The main goal of the coordination body
is to avoid interference (overlap) from fixed frequency, fixed location
assets. If you have a 'relay station' that is at a fixed location and on a
fixed frequency, I believe it should be coordinated to offer protection and
