Steve S. Bosshard (NU5D) wrote: > Second - Dear Coordinator - Old Joe has an unused repeater pair on the > North side of town. We respectfully request you re-consider > coordination because we the undersigned (hand full of folks) have > monitored this frequency for the last XX days and find little or no > activity - well beyond the alloted 90 days allowed for repair / > replacement, and respectfully request Old Joe's coordination be waived > to the extent we may construct and operate a digital repeater using part > of the spectrum alloted to Joe while at the same time offering to share > this spectrum with Joe. (Sharing a frequency is not interference). > > Third - Dear Coordinator - We have tried unsuccessfully to negotiate > with Old Joe to share his un-used / underutilized repeater pair, and > while we concede the station to be constructed and operational, we also > note a lack of activity as documented herein and propose our group would > better serve the purpose of amateur radio by being allowed to share this > coordination.
I don't agree with the 'underutilized/inactive' parts of this. Just because a repeater doesn't have a bunch of jibber-jabber all day long shouldn't make it fair game. I know if we did that here, all of the repeaters that have dedicated agreements with local agencies, EMA, Red Cross, etc, would be the first ones to go, and the truly useless repeaters that have truck drivers blathering away all day long would be all that was left. Now, as far as repeaters that are decidedly not on the air at all, and haven't been for years, well... -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL
