----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Yonge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The policy of some repeater coordination councils to insist on a 100-
> mile co-channel separation for UHF (and 120 miles for the lower-
> frequency bands) regardless of the ERP seems like overkill to me. In
> fairness, they do allow the consideration of terrain/ERP factors at
> locations below 3000 feet AMSL (and more stringent requirements for
> "very high profile" locations above the 3000-foot elevation).
>
> In the broadcast radio industry, we only worry about avoiding any
> overlap of the 60 db protected contour with another co-channel
> station's 40 db interference contour. Is it time to re-think the
> coordination guidelines?
Absolutely. I have an Elmer here (okay, he's only 4 years older than
me but he's a lifetime ARRL member and QCWA member) and he
was putting up repeaters back in the 70's. He's been trying, unsuccessfully,
for the past 5 years to get coordination on a 2m repeater because his
location is 97 miles from another repeater (in a different state) and the
other coordinator is holding real tight onto the minimum 100 mile rule.
Where do we sign up? :-)
_Ray_ KBØSTN
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