Hmmmm... A H 6 L E / W R (gotta love it!)
KEn At 04:48 PM 5/11/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Well, how 'bout a short history lesson? >Back around '76 or '77, the rules for repeaters changed drastically. >Prior to that, repeaters required a separate repeater license, which >required a vey lengthy application. The last few years of that repeaters >were issued WR callsigns, before that they were either the trustees call >or a club call. Then when it all changed, any ham with a tech or above >could put up a repeater at any time with no special license, just the >requirement that it ID with either /R or /RPT in morse, or the word >'repeater' in voice. Auxiliary links had to use /A or /AUX, or the word >'auxiliary'. >This rule is a carry over from that, to allow the use of those suffixes >if desired. > >-- >Jim Barbour >WD8CHL > > >Matt wrote: >> Here is a good one. >> >> I know Kevin doesnt like FCC legal battles, but I felt this was worth >> a >> quick laugh, Anyway... >> >> According to 97.119(c) >> >> "One or more indicators may be included with the call sign. Each >> indicator must be separated from the call sign by the slant mark (/) >> or >> by any suitable word that denotes the slant mark. If an indicator is >> self-assigned, it must be included before, after, or both before and >> after, the call sign. No self-assigned indicator may conflict with >> any >> other indicator specified by the FCC Rules or with any prefix >> assigned >> to another country." >> >> But here is the kicker, no where in the rules does it say what the >> official indicators are. except a blurb about /KT, /AG, and /AE if >> you >> are waiting for a new callsign and just passed the exam for the next >> class. >> >> I know we use /R for a repeater and /A for an auxiliary station but >> what >> are the rest? >> >> It's pretty sad when not even the FCC's employees can give you a solid >> interpretation of the rules. After spending 30 minutes on the phone >> with a FCC operator she could not give me a solid answer either. She >> gave me a reference to 54 FR 25857 but after searching for hours that >> is just the entry in the federal registar where the changes are made >> to >> the FCC rules. >> > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of state-of-the-art repeater controllers and accessories. http://www.ah6le.net/arcom/index.html Be sure to see our products at this year's Dayton Hamvention! Repeater Builders spaces 707 through 710 AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
