>I'm not that familiar with the rules for repeaters on being able to shut
them down (off). We have a 2 meter repeater that can be shut >it down by a
phone line. This gets very expensive after years though. Is it legal to just
have a UHF ham receiver set up to shut off the >repeater?
YOu can control a ham repeater by using a seperate UHF receiver. Below are
the regulations for it. By control , it is mostly ment the ability to turn
off the transmitter. Note the frequencies at the bottom of the page.
�97.213 Telecommand of an amateur station.
An amateur station on or within 50 km of the Earth's surface may be under
telecommand where:
(a) There is a radio or wireline control link between the control point and
the station sufficient for the control operator to perform his/her duties.
If radio, the control link must use an auxiliary station. A control link
using a fiber optic cable or another telecommunication service is considered
wireline.
(b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the station to a
period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of malfunction in the control
link.
(c) The station is protected against making, willfully or negligently,
unauthorized transmissions.
(d) A photocopy of the station license and a label with the name, address,
and telephone number of the station licensee and at least one designated
control operator is posted in a conspicuous place at the station location.
�97.201 Auxiliary station.
(a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician, Technician
Plus, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be an
auxiliary station. A holder of a Technician, Technician Plus, General,
Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be the control operator
of an auxiliary station, subject to the privileges of the class of operator
license held.
(b) An auxiliary station may transmit only on the 1.25 m and shorter
wavelength bands, except the 219-220 MHz, 222.000-222.150 MHz, 431-433 MHz
and 435-438 MHz segments.
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