Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-19 Thread Jim
bill Croghan wrote: I know I can retransmit NOAA, but they (ARRL) told me that it can not be automatic. This is what I wanted to do. So then I asked about the weather alert radio changing my courtesy tone to a W so I could then bring up the link. The ARRL could not give me a straight answer on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-19 Thread Dexter McIntyre - W4DEX
This subject is one of those that seems to make a regular appearence on this reflector. Since there are may repeaters sending the automatic wx alearts I think if the FCC saw this as a problem someone would have been reprimanded for doing so. Anyone aware of this happening? Dex Your

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-19 Thread bill Croghan
Remember-the CONTROLLER is controlling the transmitter, NOT NWS! You as the trustee have programmed the controller to do a certain function when it receives a certain input. As long as you have means to override it and turn it off remotely, YOU are controlling the transmitter. Now, when this

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-18 Thread mch
bill Croghan wrote: It might be stretching the rules a bit, but after changing the courtesy tone, maybe the controller could be set to ID every ten minutes until acknowledged. Beacon ID issues. (another issue most people do but is debatable) Joe M. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-17 Thread Mike
/ KB8WLW - Original Message - From: Ken Arck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts At 05:15 PM 11/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: The other day I was surfing the internet and I found

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-17 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
the weather alert system? Mike / KB8WLW - Original Message - From: Ken Arck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts At 05:15 PM 11/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: The other day I

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-17 Thread mch
sniff sniff Hmmm... I smell a Part 97 debate on the horizon. I'll just say it can be done with almost any controller made in the last 20 years. Joe M. Mike wrote: I talked to the ARRL regulatory department and inquired about doing this. They told me that it was illegal because snip

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-16 Thread John Zelz
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:15 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts The other day I was surfing the internet and I found a controller that allowed input from a noaa weather radio and would key the repeater and rebroadcast

Re: [Repeater-Builder] NOAA Weater alerts

2003-11-16 Thread Don
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