Re: [Repeater-Builder] Advice Needed

[Mark Holman]

Based on what info. I see here  your 1st. stop is getting a subscription to Mission Critical Magazine  http://www.mccmag.com  Its free so you cannot lose there sign up on line been a subscriber since 1994 something like that . back in the professional directory I am reading from a August 2004 issue I had on top of my computer  Diaster Response as lectures & presenations web site is http://hometown.aol.com/stuart867   Stuart Goldstein working in interoperability his email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]  at least get some emergency mgt stuff there.   FCC License for commercial stuff you need to go the the fcc website http://www.fcc.gov  plug in commercial 2 way.  you will need a commercial frequency coordinator to find out where they can put the licensee on the right band, any linking weather microwave or ROIP  ( Radio Over Internet Protocol ) some of the stuff is leased T-1  also you will need if ROIP is some Ham who is IT Degreed and has some experience with ROIP or Echolink and if Microwave a GROL with the microwave backbone experience.   Towers yep a Tessco Catalouge is in order and a freebie there too, also Hutchinson has a big catalouge there too,  thing with CA. your freq. is probably maxed out and maybe 800 Mhz. Trunking may be the ticket if hills are the terrain, also had to check out this site for signal path thru Broadcasting  http://www.realcoverage.com its worth looking at and weather their software will work O/S Broadcasting I cannot really say.   but there may be a commercial 2 way software program to give you an idea of the coverage the repeaters will generate.   Just some stuff off the top of my head.   Mark Holman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ab8ru.org     Life Member  A.R.R.L.     ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: repeater-builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Advice Needed Please forgive me if this is not the proper place to request this info.  I need to know what has to happen to get licensed for a small UHF repeater in the Santa Clarita, CA area.   Here is the reason:   During the record breaking rain in the Los Angeles area last January, the road to DWP's Power Plants One and Two were washed away and the staff was left stranded.  Landline service was out, and the only communication to the plant was through microwave to Mojave.  Unbelievably, the plant operators do not have the ability to speak directly to their patrol trucks from the plant, placing equipment and staff in danger.  My brother is a senior operator at the plant.  He rigged up a Radio Shack 'parrot' on a 2 watt FRS radio, modified a UHF TV antenna and placed it on the roof of the power plant.  The trucks took HT's and were able to give reports and status for the remainder of the emergency.   The department, of course, has a very extensive radio system in place for it's service operations.  The problem is the hydro power generating Plants 1 & 2 are deep in the San Fransquito canyon which can't reach the repeaters, and the radio systems do not allow for simplex operations from the control room.  The issue has been brought up many times with the department, but always takes a low priority and gets lost in the bureaucratic  shuffle.   What they would like to do is establish their own small system, at their own expense, so they will have this missing link.  The city has given them some HT-1000 UHF motorolas, now they would like to get a license and set up a 15 watt base repeater.   Any ideas?  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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.