Tim and Janet wrote: > I am not in KY but just south in TN. When we attempted to contact our > representative for some time we finally just gave up and moved on. > After some period of time (months) an email was returned. We have once > again attempted to contact him and still no reply. My limited > experience with SERA is not very good and lucky for us we chose a 220 > repeater to put on the air. Not much 220 activity in the area. > > Tim KB2MFS
About 2 years or so age, I applied for a 2 meter coordination in Lexington for the 146.34/94 pair. And yes, it took about 8 months to get it. But, Tim explained that since we were located in the central part of the state, and since there is a 100 mile zone of protection in SEAR land, that my request had to be cross coordinated with Ohio and Indiana (both non-sera states) as well as Tennessee and West Virginia. The point in mentioning this is that the reason that it took so long was (as I recall) the fellow that was the Tennessee coordinator fell off of a tower and was tragically killed. It took several months to find someone to replace him as coordinator, and then that person had to wade through a big pile of unfinished business left by his predecessor's untimely death. This may or may not have occurred at the same time that you experienced a lack of timely response. My point to all of this is that we need to remember that these coordinator's jobs are voluntary, and are done as a hobby, in spare time that is pulled away from families, and other more pressing obligations. Maybe is there was a $500 coordination fee charged to the applicant, the coordinator would move a whole lot faster. But, of course, that would never work either... My 2 cents worth.... Mike Pugh KA4MKG
