How can there be a trustee for a privately owned repeater? I
understand the necessity for a group owned or club owned unit. When it
is coordinated under a single ham as owner, his call has expired, and it
is not even at the listed site, I would think that presents a problem.
Am I wrong?
Bob M. wrote:
It probably varies according to the guidelines of the
coordinating group in the repeater's coverage area.
Certainly if the footprint changes (emitter moves,
changes power, antenna, feedline, height, antenna
type, etc) you will probably need to resubmit
paperwork to that effect. In some areas, repeaters are
so closely spaced that they're all locked in at their
existing power levels and you may not get coordinated
if you want change them. I don't recommend that you
just go ahead and do stuff anyway, because that just
ends up hurting neighboring repeaters, then the FCC
may get involved, and if your parameters differ
significantly from what's on file, you may lose.
If the trustee changes, that should really be a simple
paperwork issue. Better to transfer trusteeship of the
repeater than to lose coordination because a person
died, moved, or their license expired (if at all
possible). Some groups think this calls for a
completely new coordination effort; I dont.
So the bottom line is "it depends" which isn't very
reassuring, but what else can you do. In most
metropolitan areas, there's a waiting list for new or
modified repeaters on some bands; use it or lose it.
If you've got a good site and good equipment, better
to try hanging on to it any way possible.
Bob M.
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--- w2drh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think I must be confused. I was under the
misapprehension that if
one modified the physical location (moved the
repeater), had their
license expire, moved out of the area (where direct
control of the
repeater was not possible), or modified the system,
that the
coordination would be canceled or nullified. Am I
mistaken?
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