They pretty much have to. There is no way the FCC can mandate anyone to allow any/all other licensed hams use of their station. As I said from day one: this petition was doomed before it was written.
Joe M. WA3GIN wrote: > > > Thanks for the info, > > I suspect the FCC is going to frustrate him further. > > Best, > dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Dan Blasberg <mailto:[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2009 10:55 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] RAIN Report: KT1B Commentary on > Green Petition to Ban Closed Repeaters > > > > Dave, > > I think Murray has an issue with repeaters that have a PL but not > "advertising" the pl in any of their announcements. I'm not aware of > any closed repeaters in Metro DC either, but I am aware of several > with PL that do not have it on the ID/Announcement. > > As for GMRA and PL, they have a transmit PL on the repeaters and the > members can activate receive PL on their radios so as not to get any > bleed over from other repeaters on the same frequencies. I too wish > they would have a PL on both of their machines. > > Dan > KA8YPY > > On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:27 PM, WA3GIN wrote: > > > > > > > I'm not aware of any closed repeaters in the WDC area. In the VA-Md- > > DC area perhaps a half dozen noted as (c) by T-MARC. There are > > dozens of repeaters in the WDC area that go unused day after day > > after day with a little use in the evenings by a few hand fulls of > > civil defense volunteers. There is no spectrum use issue. Perhaps as > > the commentator noted, there are too many low power repeater pairs > > that perhaps preclude the installation of better coverage systems. I > > tend to think there are some that hog freq. pairs purely for > > egocentric reasons. > > > > SO, where is the beef - MURRAY? Who cares if there are a few closed > > repeaters? Not me. What I'd like to see is the GMRA provisioning > > PL on their repeater which is just 15KHz down from ours. As trustee > > I get tired of silly request from the GMRA asking us to do something > > about our users who occassionaly bring up their OPEN NON PL'd > > repeater ;-)) > > > > My subjective opinion of one...please flame direct and spare the > > reflector members ;-) > > > > 73, > > dave > > wa3gin > > www.w4ava.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
