Trustee issues aside, if the repeater moved, then it
should be re-coordinated. But again, it depends on
your area's coordination guidelines. Some are real
sticklers; others don't care what you do.
Regarding trustees: club stations certainly need one.
I think it's just customary even for privately owned
repeaters to have trustees, even if it's in name only,
and it could certainly be the station owner, but it
doesn't have to be. A repeater could be owned by a
novice (who couldn't use it) but an extra class person
could be the trustee.
If that person died, seems that either a club would
have to take it over (with a trustee) or another
individual could do so, and if nothing else changed
and the repeater was at the location it was
coordinated for, then it's just a simple matter of
paperwork.
"I'm not a lawyer, but I did sleep in my own bed last
night."
Bob M.
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--- 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?
