At 9/20/2007 03:44 PM, you wrote: >Ok, For someone who isnt that much into the rules and regs....that would >seem like a duh statement. Why is this such a big deal? To me, a >repeater repeats the signal, hince a repeater. Looking at it, I am seeing >that you refer to delays and transmission protocol....What other things >out there "repeat" but arent repeaters?
Kenwood SkyCommand. 100s of "remote bases" in SoCal. I won't speak for other areas, since I'm not familiar with what operators in those areas consider their systems to be. Here, they're "auxiliary stations". Don't believe me? Consider that back in the early 70's when repeaters & auxiliary stations required separate licenses from the FCC, remote base owners had to submit detailed information to the FCC (block diagrams, etc.) in order to obtain those licenses. Many licenses issued for what most people on this list consider "repeaters" were actually auxiliary station licenses, which IIRC used callsigns from the standard group D block (2x3) at the time (i.e. WA6BCD); repeaters had the special "WR" prefix. So if these systems that clearly "repeat" were "repeaters", why did the owners apply for auxiliary station licenses, & why did the FCC issue all those auxiliary station licenses to these "repeaters" after receiving the detailed paperwork clearly indicating the mode of operation? Because these stations, by nature of their operation, were in fact auxiliary stations. Obviously they do "repeat", but if they operate within a network of cooperating amateur stations, they can be classified as auxiliary stations. The definition as written is rather loose, but that is a debate for some other reflector. Bob NO6B
