I'm surprised that 145.27 and 145.47 are not in use as FM repeater frequencies in Texas. I would suggest putting simplex on simplex only frequencies (or take one pair and use the input and output as separate simplex frequencies). In my opinion, any frequency in a repeater band should be left for repeaters (even if it means using non-traditional splits, etc.) It is only tradition that we have 146.40 - 146.60 and 147.40 - 147.60 as simplex frequencies. It would be much better to move those simplex operations to the simplex regions at 144.9-145.1 and 145.5 - 145.8 and reuse the repeater sub-band frequencies for digital repeaters.
Example (probably wouldn't fly due to entrenchment and tradition) using 12.5 kHz steps (up to 16 repeater pairs) and 1 MHz split. Repeater Out Repeater In 146.405 147.405 Not if 146.40 is repeater input 146.4175 147.4175 146.43 147.43 146.4425 147.4425 146.455 147.455 146.4675 147.4675 146.48 147.48 146.4925 147.4925 146.505 147.505 146.5175 147.5175 Probably have to protect 146.52 146.53 147.53 146.5425 147.5425 146.555 147.555 146.5675 147.5675 146.58 147.58 146.5925 147.5925 Not if 147.60 is repeater input Also you might want to provide better definitions for your modes. DV = Digital Voice with 1200 bps data subchannel (Whether you are doing voice, or data or both, you occupy the channel, voice and data are not frequency segregated on this mode.) DD = Digital Data at 128 kbs as ethernet style packets (only available on 23cm) -- John D. Hays - K7VE Phone: 206-801-0820 Fax: 866-309-6077 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VOIP/SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
