Tom: How's that going? We're working on a 12 site plan for Michigan's District 7 (Northern L.P.). I sent a note to the MARC asking them if 12 VHF and 12 UHF allocations would be a problem and the response was that we should just submit them and they didn't indicate that there would be any problem. Considering that we're at 7 months and counting on a VHF coordination for the repeater at the Icebreaker Mackinaw in Mackinaw City, I wonder how long it would take for those 24 coordinations.
If you haven't see it yet, W8HVG's discussion on D-Star coordination in Michigan pretty much lays out the challenges. http://www.arrl-mi.org/?q=node/125 We are concerned that it may not be possible to get 12 VHF D-Star coordinations for this area so we're considering going with two UHF ports per site rather than the more common configuration. (I assume that's technically not a problem.) That would be a shame since the VHF coverage would certainly help. Here's our preliminary plots. http://www.ccecpsco.org/images/dstar/dist7VHF.jpg http://www.ccecpsco.org/images/dstar/dist7UHF.jpg (dark blue represents 1uv receive to a standard mobile) At this point I'm still trying to get enough pricing information for all the equipment to submit the formal proposal to the interested funding agency. I think it may be helpful for us to communicate directly in that regard if you're interested. Chuck - N8DNX http://www.ccecpsco.org tomc wrote: > Here in mid Michigan we are seeing an increase. We have nine countys > that will be on 2-meters soon with 440 to follow as soon as we can get > some freq. authorized. > > Tom > KI8AS > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the > original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > > > >
