At 10:32 PM 1/23/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Has anybody had to ask another repeater owner/trustee for letter of approval
>for short distance for re-coordination..
>
>I am looking to move one of my vhf repeaters a few miles east/south east
>and another user is on the same freq.(north of me), and I will fall with-in
>the 100mile radius. Moving this direction i would have thought that it would
>be further away, but it is close, im in his 100mile radius by like 2-4
>miles and in order to re-coordinate, if i go thru with the move, I need a
>letter of approval from the other repeater owner/trustee. How would I
>approach the other owner in regards to this..
>thanks Brent
Hi, Brent
I needed to make that request for a club repeater in Raleigh, NC, for a
move something like you're contemplating. I wrote to the owner of the
co-channel machine and asked nicely. I pointed out the small distance
change, and how we had been good co-channel neighbors for a long time with
few problems. And I promised to continue the good-neighbor policy.
He ignored me.
But, I also copied my state frequency coordinator on the
correspondence. The coordinator (a SERA coordinator) used SERA's ComStudy
software to predict the coverage of the two repeaters, and determined that
they should live together with little problem (as experience has
shown). He was able to get the neighbor to agree to the short-spacing.
Since then the neighbor and I have met face-to-face at some club meetings
and the rapport has gotten much better. The repeaters live together fine.
Keep your coordinator in the loop. You're in SERA territory, and he has
the ComStudy software, too. If your repeaters really can co-exist, he
might intercede on your behalf.
73,
Gary KN4AQ
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