Rob,
You are to be commended for your generosity. It may be a good idea to
clarify the reason for this loan, to avoid serious misunderstandings in
the future. Some issues that may need to be addressed are:
1. What call sign will the repeater have? This determines who must
take responsibility for the proper coordination of a frequency pair. It
also identifies who is the Control Operator.
2. What insurance is required, and who will pay the premiums when they
come due?
3. Who will maintain the equipment? Does he/she have the appropriate
test equipment and knowledge?
4. Who will pay the electric power and telephone access bills, if
applicable?
5. How will access to the repeater equipment be controlled? Who will
have keys and control codes?
6. What steps are taken to eliminate intermodulation with other RF
sources at the site?
7. Are the geodetic position and elevation of the antenna's radiation
center accurately known? Don't assume that other users at the site are
using the correct coordinates on the NAD83 datum.
8. Since you are lending rather than donating this repeater equipment,
what control over it do you intend to exercise? Moreover, for what
responsibilities and obligations will you continue to be liable?
If the repeater will be sharing space at a commercial tower site, make
sure that all agreements are in writing. You'd be surprised at the
number of Amateur repeaters that were installed by a verbal agreement,
but were later kicked off the site because a new owner or manager
couldn't find any record of the sharing agreement.
73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
Rob N1NTE wrote:
>
I am going to loan one of my repeaters to a local ham club. Does anyone
have an agreement/contract written up for something like this? I've got
some basics in mind but looking for things I didn't think of.
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