Mark Kramer wrote:
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KØHB wrote:
"Mark Kramer" wrote in message
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No, we could say "who are you interfering with if you put your newfangled
technology on a pair where there is no repeater active?"
The tone of this (and other) responses seems to suggest "just stroke up on a
convenient pair, and wait to see if the coordinated person/club complains".

No, that is not what was said at all. That is not the tone of what was
said, nor was it said directly.

If you know a pair where there is no active repeater, you are not just
"stok[ing] up on a convenient pair", you've picked the pair with an
explicit reason. If a coordinated user complains that you are interfering
with a repeater that does not exist, you are free to laugh at him. Tell
me, just how DO you interfere with a non-existant system? Do you think
the FCC is going to listen to him?

If I lived in Resume Speed, Montana that might work, at least for awhile, if I
had the bad manners and grapes to try.

You think it is bad manners to use a frequency that is not being used? You
only join conversations already in progress? You never make a call on
an unused frequency?

But if you commandeer a pair in an
already wait-listed/saturated environment,

The the pair is wait-listed and saturated, then it isn't unused, now is it?



Gentlemen;

The point to remember is that NO repeat NO one has a right to any
particular radio frequency. Even coordination does not grand any right
to a particular radio frequency, only license to use the frequency.

The repeater coordinator has a responsibility to insure that an
applicant really does intend to utilize the assigned radio frequency. If
the applicant does not do so after a reasonable time then the
coordination is or should be null and void. No, I am not going to define
reasonable.

It's like cell phone companies getting assignment to a block of 10,000
numbers and not using them causing the creation of a new area code to
free up new numbers. The FCC, I believe, has baned this practice.

Repeater Coordinators have a responsibility to allocate an extremely
scarce resource in a fair and reasonable manner. Those who get a
coordination just to have one and don't place equipment on the air, even
if they use it in a limited manner, do not deserve to retain the
coordination and the frequency should go to a new applicant.

Remember the FCC gives precedence to a valid coordinated applicant over
a claim jumper. But the coordinated applicant must be using the
coordination. Maybe applicants should report back to the coordinator
when the repeater is placed into service and when it is removed from
service for reasons other than routine maintenance to include damage due
to natural causes. This will keep applicants on their toes to keep their
repeater on the air and active.

Dave WD9BDZ