Somebody needs a new copy of Part 97.
Mike
WM4B
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM , [email protected] wrote:
From the tenmet...@yahoogrou ps mailing list (mainly a group of
people who participate in the 10-10 Club awards programs.)
There's a discussion on the list about how HF "Remote Base" stations are
most likely not legal. Trying to reason with some of these people is an
excercise in futility. But if that was the case, why do almost all new
higher-end Repeater Controllers (and even some of the older 1980's
controllers like the ACC RC-85 and SM-100 "ShackMaster" , AEA Radio Link
unit, etc.) have direct control of various HF transceivers' capability?
Here' s one of the responses:
"Is it legal to have a "remote base" with an output on HF below 29.5
MHz?"
"No. If you look at the rules regarding the frequencies available for
auxiliary operation, you will conclude that there is no such thing as a
legal "remote base" which uses frequencies anywhere in the 2-meter band
for the "uplink" and "downlink." Those systems that go from 2-meter FM
to 10-meter FM, or from 2-meter FM to 6-meter FM, for example, are not
technically "remote bases," even though some hams like to call them
that. They are really "crossband repeaters" and they are legal only if
both ends are within authorized repeater segments of both bands.
Repeater operation (including all input and output frequencies) is
prohibited on all HF amateur bands, except the top end of 10 meters.
Likewise, there is no such thing as a legal 2-meter FM to 75-meter SSB
"remote base," since auxiliary uplinks and downlinks must all be above
222.15 MHz [97.201(b)]. "
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