That's odd, as the FCC HAS enforced local bandplans in the past. Feel free to tell them they didn't have the authority to do so.
They cited the persons under the "good engineering practice" rule. As for your statements about not being coordinated, read my post again. I addressed that, and said that AS LONG AS there is no problem, the FCC likely will not get invovled, but IF there is, they will get involved and will side with the user following the local bandplan (all else being equal). No matter how big your font, that does not make what you type correct. Joe M. Dave wrote: > You are incorrect. The local coordinating body will tell you the only > band plan is that which is authorized in the applicable FEDERAL > regulations. NO band plan other than that is enforceable. The ARRL is in > NO WAY A GOVERNMENTAL BODY OR AN OFFICIAL REGULATORY AGENCY! IT CANNOT > BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. > No coordinating body is an official governmental body or enforcing > agency. The adhearance to any unofficial nonregulatory 'Band Plan" is > strictly voluntary. ANY licensed amateur radio operator may put up a > repeater in a spectrum area as authorized under their license class > authorizations. The FCC licenses the operator NOT the repeater. > Yes the FCC has backed governing bodies in certain situations. That is > only because that body was highlighting applicable FCC standards. NO one > other entity other than the FCC can direct or order any radio > transmitter or operator to do anything else. There exists NO splintered > or regional band plan! > There are local repeaters here that are on the air without coordination > and have been for years. The local repeater coordination group has > absolutely NO authority over them. At present there is a local group > putting up a 6 meter repeater and it has just gone 'on the air with a 1 > meg split. They are not now coordinated and may never be so. As long as > no interfearnce issues (as in any spectrum area hf or higher) there is > only operator license regulation required. > MCH wrote: >> Not true. The FCC has upheld local bandplans. Coordinated or not - they >> apply to everyone. It doesn't even have to be a repeater issue. >> >> True, as long as no interference is created, they likely won't get >> involved, but if there is, and one user is operating according to the >> bandplan and the other is not, they will side with the one operating >> according to the bandplan. Coordination should not be an issue since any >> operation contrary to the bandplan should not be coordinated (unless >> it's grandfathered). >> >> Joe M. >> >> Dave wrote: >> >>> That is only true if you choose to get a coordination. It is not >>> mandatory. Only if some kind of interference complaint surfaces does the >>> fcc place creedance of any kind to the coordination thing. >>> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >
