Jim Lux wrote:
On 8/30/2011 11:14 AM, Rob wrote:
Jim wrote:
Any reason why you're using a split of 600kHz? Why not go to a
non-standard split to make life easier. Pick two frequencies 3 MHz apart
(assuming you can get them coordinated, which is more a political than a
technical issue)

Don't forget that in Region 1, the 2M band is only 2 MHz wide, the
bottom 500 kHz is dedicated to SSB and the top 200 kHz is for satellite.

Sure, that does make it harder. The OP is in region 2, though, where
there's 4 MHz theoretically available)

I think he is in Region 1. He posts with 2 callsigns, one is a 4X1
(Israel) and mentions:

but my 2m band is only 144-146
mHz, and the repeater portion is really just 145-146.

flame protective suit on And of course, a lot of the band plans are
basically gentlemen's agreements and have no force of law. As long as
you don't interfere with someone (challenging in some geographical
locations), you can pretty much do what you want.flame suit off

Sure, but to get a permit for unattended operation, at least over here,
you'll need to abide to the band plans.

(in fact in my country, Netherlands, it is even worse: the repeater
frequencies are not coordinated by the ham community itself, but by
the equivalent of the FCC. they work strictly by a set of rules
originally drafted by the amateur societies, in the days the bands
were still overcrowded. arbitrary figures were put in those rules
regarding things like minimal desirable distance between repeaters,
maximum height of antennas, maximum EIRP power, that were originally
just there to regulate the inflow of new repeater projects a bit, so
everyone would have a fair chance of running a repeater. if you were
a few km too close, had an antenna a bit high, or similar, it usually
wasn't a problem. but one day an amateur who got refused a license
went to court claiming that others had gotten a license while not being
within the rules, and as a reaction the authority now strictly follows
the rules and refuses every application that does not fully conform to
all the rules. of course, operating on one of the reserved repeater
channels is one of the rules.)