Are you saying that the repeater IDs with the call sign of a silent key? It seems to me that coordination would be a moot point if there's no valid license.
Jeff --- In [email protected], Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > ====== > > --- 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? > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >
