Here in Arlington County, VA OEM/RACES we have two Internet Remote Amateur Radio (IRAR) Stations build around the Kenwood TS2K w/ 80-6M and 2m-70cm antennas.
Our RACES volunteers check-in to the weekly exercise nets using the IRAR stations when they are traveling for business or just for fun. One of the stations has antennas mounted on the roof of the court house about 425ft above sea level. That station on VHF-UHF can hit most repeaters 50-60 miles away; lots of fun. Riley Hollingsworth has toured the stations as have other FCC officials and there is no regulation issue involved with operations of this type. It is not a problem! Where there is a problem is when folks attempt to use Echo Link for HF. The end user has no control over the freq. and the minute the Echo Link connection is made it announces itself over the HF station. Our HF net on 40m had a problem with a ham up in Erie, PA who thought it was cool to have Echo Link on his HF radio but the damn announcements would come in over top on-going conversations creating a lot of confusion. That was not a good use the Internet and it created some ill will. I think the folks at Echo Link have since create an application that offers better controls that eliminate unwanted interference. Not sure about that part of it. 73, Dave Wa3gin _____ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of larryjspamme...@teleport.com Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 12:43 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] HF "Remote Bases" - Illegal? >From the tenmet...@yahoogroups 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.
