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- Info-Hams Digest Fri, 3 Jun 94 Volume 94 : Issue 615
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- Today's Topics:
- 440 in So. Cal.
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- Date: 3 Jun 1994 05:35:05 -0500
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!sugar.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: 440 in So. Cal.
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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- In article <2slncg$qbl@lo-fan.jpl.nasa.gov>,
- Randy Hammock <hammock@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
-
- >With the loss of the bottom 2.150mhz of the 220 band (remember the 150khz
- >was given over to weak signal thus costing 6 more repeater channels to be
- >lost), the 220SMA has instituted the policy of requiring all repeater
- >owners to re-register their systems every three years. Systems that do
- >not exist or do not submit the required paperwork will be decoordinated
- >and purged from the files.
-
- The Texas VHF-FM Society has a similar policy. They renew the coordinations
- annually, and three months of inactivity is grounds for decoordination.
-
- Texas had a big problem with "paper radios" with I was on the Board of the
- Society. We adopted rules which allowed the coordinators to review and revoke
- the coordinations under certain circumstances. It's worked pretty well, and
- most of the "paper" has gone away.
-
- --
- Jim Reese, WD5IYT | "Real Texans don't let the truth get in
- jreese@sugar.neosoft.com | the way of a good story."
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- Date: 3 Jun 1994 05:41:48 -0500
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!sugar.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
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- References <rogjdCqq72H.6u4@netcom.com>, <1994Jun2.132403.14176@cs.brown.edu>, <2sma1n$mku@kaiwan.kaiwan.com>oSoft.
- Subject : Re: 440 in So. Cal.
-
- In article <2sma1n$mku@kaiwan.kaiwan.com>,
- Robb Topolski KJ6YT <topolski@kaiwan.com> wrote:
-
- >It's not illegal to discriminate, unless that discrimination is based on
- >some kind of protected class (race, religion, sex). If the coordinating
- >body wanted to work toward some kind of balance, they could legally set
- >up open/closed restrictions on who they approved as long as such a policy
- >was otherwise fairly enforced.
-
- Not illegal, maybe, but certainly unfair. A coordinating body that refused to
- coordinate a frequency because the trustee wanted a closed repeater would
- almost certainly be sued, or another competing organization would spring up
- which would accomodate everyone.
-
- As long as there is a demand for frequencies, this discussion will be held.
- The thing which should be considered here is not whether the system is open
- or closed. What should be considered is whether the frequency is being used.
-
- A repeater with no users serves no one. If a radio has users, it should make
- no difference to the coordinator whether the radio is open or closed. A
- coordinator is just that... a _coordinator_. He cannot be asked to judge
- who is "more worthy" of a frequency. Either the frequency is used or it's not.
- His job is to minimize interference between coordinated systems.
- --
- Jim Reese, WD5IYT | "Real Texans don't let the truth get in
- jreese@sugar.neosoft.com | the way of a good story."
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