Good question! Nowhere in Part 97 could I find ANY reference to either ID or timeout requirements for repeaters (SPECIFICALLY for repeaters).
I did, however find the following re: "timeout" ยง 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) (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." Definitions: (41) Telecommand. A one-way transmission to initiate, modify, or terminate functions of a device at a distance. (42) Telecommand station. An amateur station that transmits communications to initiate, modify or terminate functions of a space station. Also found: 97.119 Station identification. (a) Each amateur station, except a space station or telecommand station, must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the end of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes during a communication, for the purpose of clearly making the source of the transmissions from the station known to those receiving the transmissions. No station may transmit unidentified communications or signals, or transmit as the station call sign, any call sign not authorized to the station. Nothing about timeout though. Perhaps a friendly E-Mail to Riley asking if he'd "bust" you for it? In any event, a 3 minute time out timer is simply good practice and might save an expen$ive final. Bill - WB1GOT --- In [email protected], Marty Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all. I help to maintain the repeaters of the ham club I belong to > and had a discussion with one of our rather older crusty member > concerning the three minute timeout we have on our repeaters. On one > occasion after he timeout one of our repeaters for about the third time > (he is long winded) I said something like "I wish I could extend the > timeout but the FCC wants the three minute time out on repeaters". He > answer back that it is not a FCC regulation but a standard that develop > over the years to prevent someone from being too longwinded on a > repeater like himself. I spent some 20 years in a two-way shop and we > always had nothing longer than three minutes timeout on the radios we > program. We do newsline and rain on our nets and have the timeout > temporary disable for them but I think that is permissible if you have a > control operator standing by? Looking at part 97.213(b) for Telecommand > of an amateur station they talk about provisions to limit transmissions > of no more than three minutes in case of equipment failure. My > interpretation is that would apply to "repeaters" also. Not looking for > ammunition to battle the fellow with but more to satisfy my curiosity > and to know what is what. > > Marty, N9PPJ >
